#centa

[eyesaremosaics]

By Centa, Lisbon.

[laka69]

10.09.2023

Rio Centa.

[fastandchic]

[vamdae]

assorted sketches

[alldenspa]

Finished, not perfect

[laka69]

10.08.2018 Rio Centa/Centa Bach (Trentino/Trient)

All’avventura. Io in posti così mi ci perderei.

Auf zu neuen Abenteuern. An solchen Orten könnte ich mich auch verlieren.

[anglosaxonpersonalnames]

Centa

Centa is a short form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name commencing with Cent (Kent).

Variants:

Kaenta [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 20].

Centa [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 546].

Cant(a) [Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges 1988 A Dictionary of Surnames, page 92].

Stem:

Cent = Kent [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 546].

Suffix:

— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].

Explanation:

Kaenta = a short form of a name beginning with Cent- [Mats Redin 1919 Studies on uncompounded personal names in Old English, page 51].

Occurrence:

The form Kaenta appears in a list of clerics [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 20].

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