one-hundred
UK[ˌwʌn ˈhʌn.drəd]US[ˌwʌn ˈhʌn.drəd]
adj
Being ten times ten; the number 100.
Morpheme Breakdown
one
hundred
one
1
hundred
100
Etymology
The compound 'one-hundred' is a transparent numeral construction in English. Its first element, 'one', traces back to Proto-Germanic ainaz, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European óynos, signifying unity and the number one. The second element, 'hundred', originates from the Old English 'hundrēd', a term for the cardinal number, which is a compound of a root meaning 'ten' (Proto-Germanic hundą) and a suffix related to counting or tally (Proto-Germanic -rath). The modern compound directly and logically combines these two numeral concepts to specify the precise quantity of one unit of a hundred, a system of counting that has been stable in Germanic languages for millennia.
Analysis
Structure: one (1) + hundred (100)
'one' is from Old English 'ān', meaning the number one, of Germanic origin. 'hundred' is from Old English 'hundrēd', a compound of a base meaning 'ten' and a term related to 'count', of Germanic origin.
Examples
The old book was sold at auction for one-hundred dollars.
She scored one-hundred percent on the final exam.
The recipe calls for one-hundred grams of flour.