centum

¹ American  

[sen-tuhm] / ˈsɛn təm /

noun

1. one hundred.

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centum ² American  

[ken-tuhm, -toom] / ˈkɛn təm, -tʊm /

adjective

1. belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that preserve the Proto-Indo-European labiovelar stops but merge the palatal stops into the velar stops. The centum branches include Germanic, Celtic, Italic, and Hellenic.

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centum British  

/ ˈsɛntəm /

adjective

1. denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops ( k ) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches Compare satem

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Etymology

Origin of centum¹

From Latin; see origin at hundred

Origin of centum²

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin, exemplifying in c- the outcome of Indo-European palatal velar stops characteristic of the group

Example Sentences

This numerical equivalence results from the definition of the “percentage” unit, whose name is derived from the Latin phrase per centum meaning “by the hundred.”

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Says Long: "The decline in purchasing power of 27%�before a single per centum is deducted for income tax�would outrage anybody but a teacher."

From Time Magazine Archive

Stratz says the mortality is 32 per centum, and it has gone as high as 40 per centum.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

The diagnosis, then, is difficult; and for the ordinary practitioner, the average physician, who does perhaps ninety-five per centum of the medical work of the world, the diagnosis is often impossible.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Twenty-five per centum of all women over 60 years of age are found to have gall-stones.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin