That’s how it’s used with metric prefixes, but in other contexts you have to take into account the original meaning of the latin word. Centum means a hundred.
In the roman context, a single centurion would be 1/100 of an army grouping.
But since we aren’t living in roman times, one cent is 1/100 of a dollar.
Language is inconsistent in it’s usage of cent, so at best the term centibillionaire is confusing. Hectobillionaire has only one possible meaning, so if we’re inventing new words, probably should go with the option that’s more precise.
Centi is divided by 100. Hecto is multiplied by 100.
Century, centennial, centipede, etc.
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Yes, that’s how the Metric prefixes work, that’s already established. This is about other contexts where it can go either way.
But 1 percent is 1 per 100.
That’s how it’s used with metric prefixes, but in other contexts you have to take into account the original meaning of the latin word. Centum means a hundred.
Centi still means one hundredth. https://images.app.goo.gl/PpoMdsfakk26179w7 You don’t know latin.
Centi is used in different ways, see centipeda, which means hundred-footed, not one hundredth of feet.
I do admit I’m not a native speaker.
In the roman context, a single centurion would be 1/100 of an army grouping.
But since we aren’t living in roman times, one cent is 1/100 of a dollar.
Language is inconsistent in it’s usage of cent, so at best the term centibillionaire is confusing. Hectobillionaire has only one possible meaning, so if we’re inventing new words, probably should go with the option that’s more precise.