Centeno

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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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