Based on your knowledge of words such as century, centimeter, and centigrade, you can tell that the Latin root cent - means

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Fatima Sheppard

6 April, 03:23

Based on your knowledge of words such as century, centimeter, and centigrade, you can tell that the Latin root cent - means

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Sidney Pitts · Answer 1

The Latin root 'cent' means 100.

You know this because of the following:

- 'century' means 100 years.

- There are 100 centimeters in a meter.

- Centigrade is another term for Celsius, which is based off of 100 unit intervals.