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Percent comes from the Latin per centum, meaning:

ABy the hundred
BBy the thousand
CBy the quantity
DBy the quotient
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. By the hundred
1. The root word centum means hundred. 2. It fixes the base of the comparison. 3. It means by the hundred. _Source: OpenStax 'Contemporary Mathematics', Ch 6 'Money Management' (CC BY)_
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