Centeno
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Spanish.
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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