Segle
Example: Aquest segle ha canviat molt la tecnologia al món.
Definition
"Segle" refers to a period of one hundred years, commonly known as a century. It is often used in historical contexts to describe and differentiate eras or significant spans of time, such as saying, 'This century has greatly changed technology worldwide.'
Etymology
The word "segle" comes from the Latin 'saeculum,' which originally meant a generation or an age. Did you know that 'saeculum' was used by the Romans to denote the length of a human life, roughly a century? Over time, it evolved in Catalan to specifically mean a century.
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