cen·tu·ry 
(sĕnchə-rē)
(sĕnchə-rē)n. pl. cen·tu·ries
1.
a. A period of 100 years.
b. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era.
2.
a. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
b. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
3. A group of 100 things.
[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
cen·turi·al adj.
centu·ry·long′ adj.
- Indo-European root: lī̆no-
- Indo-European root: lūs-
- Indo-European root: mag-
- Indo-European root: magh-
- Indo-European root: maghu-
- Indo-European root: man-
- Indo-European root: man-
- Indo-European root: marko-
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: med-
- Indo-European root: medhu-
- Indo-European root: medhyo-
- Indo-European root: meg-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: meigh-
- Indo-European root: meik-
- Indo-European root: mei-no-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: melg-
- Indo-European root: melit-
- Indo-European root: melə-