"Centum" is Latin for "hundred". "Per cent" (per centum) means one out of one hundred. So 60 per centum means 60 per 100. This usage of it being two separate words (as they *are* two separate words) is a more proper usage based on its etymology. This more proper usage is commonly used by British and other Europeans due to much of the English language having a Latin basis (as are many other languages). Think metrically: - A "centimeter" is one hundredth of a meter. Even Imperial measurements (inches, feet, etc.) still use centimeters. - A "century" is 100 years. You've likely used that word this century and maybe last century also. - Even the cent that you referenced is one out of one hundred that make up a dollar, which is why it is called a "cent". You've surely stated that something costs "99 cents" or similar. So many uneducated and ineducable niggers in this world, including some Whites who shame our people by adopting the behaviors and mentality of niggers like laziness and ignorance...just as the kikes want.