Cent (hundred)
Cent
Latin centum: hundred.
Seventy per cent of the class chose the science trip.
Century
A hundred years; in cricket, a hundred runs.
Vikram scored his first century in the school match.
Centimetre
One hundredth of a metre.
Draw a line exactly ten centimetres long.
Remember: Cent = hundred: per cent = for each hundred; a centipede has 'a hundred feet'. Caution: centre and central come from Greek kentron (a point), not centum.