英语词汇cent的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cent
词源	cent. Cent is an Americanism introduced during the Revolu- tion by Gouverneur Morris to replace the British word “penny.” Though both words are still used today, cent, deriving from the Latin centum for “one-hundredth,” (of a dollar) is more com- mon than penny.
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