centum
1[ sen-tuhm ]
/ ˈsɛn təm /
noun
one hundred.
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Origin of centum
1From Latin; see origin at hundred
Words nearby centum
centrostaltic, centrosymmetric, centrum, cent sign, cents-off, centum, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion
Definition for centum (2 of 2)
centum2
[ ken-tuhm, -toom ]
/ ˈkɛn təm, -tʊm /
adjective
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.
Compare satem.
Origin of centum
2First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin, exemplifying in c- the outcome of Indo-European palatal velar stops characteristic of the group
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British Dictionary definitions for centum
centum
/ (ˈsɛntəm) /
adjective
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 branchesCompare satem
Word Origin for centum
Latin: hundred, chosen because the c represents the Indo-European k
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