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

It has a mortality that can go up to 14 per centum in unfavourable circumstances, but the disease is not more contagious than typhoid under hygienic surroundings.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

The mortality varies, but it is about from 20 to 25 per centum in the women, and from 33 to 50 per centum in the children.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Over 50 per centum of all cases develop before puberty.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin