cento
English
noun
Definitions
- A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Etymology
Derived from Latin cento (patchwork garment).
Origin
Latin
cento
Gloss
patchwork garment
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- centoist English
- centonical English
- centonism English
- cento Latin
- κέντρον Ancient Greek