centeo

Meaning

Noun

rye (grass or its grains as food)

Adj

of rye

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θenˈteo̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: centēnus

Cognate with Portuguese: centeio

Cognate with Spanish: centeno

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo, from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Portuguese centeio, Spanish centeno.