English Explanatory Dictionary

Centeno

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Spanish.

Word forms

Centeno Centenos Senteno

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Centeno, an occupational surname for someone who grew or worked with rye, from Latin centenum, based on a notion that one stalk of rye would produce one-hundred grains.

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