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

Bacteriologists find that about 35 per centum of the cases reported by physicians to be diphtheria are really nothing but tonsilitis or pharyngitis, with now and then a case of membranous croup.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Between 1809 and 1888 there were 37 coeliotomies with a maternal mortality of 86.5 per centum.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

If there is no operation 17 per centum of the cases result in abortion and the loss of the child, as Remy found from a consideration of 321 cases.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin