c. 1200, "a hundred times as much," from hundred + -fold. Similar formation in German hundertfalt. Old English had hundfeald.
they money increased a hundredfold
Hun
Hunan
hunch
hunchback
hundred
hundredfold
hundredth
hundredweight
hung
Hungary
hunger
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