centum

1
[ sen-tuh m ]
/ ˈsɛn təm /

noun

one hundred.

Origin of centum

1
From Latin; see origin at hundred

Words nearby centum

centrosphere, centrostaltic, centrosymmetric, centrum, cents-off, centum, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion

Definition for centum (2 of 2)

centum 2
[ ken-tuh m, -too m ]
/ ˈkɛn təm, -tʊm /

adjective

belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/, from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian.
Compare satem.

Origin of centum

2
1900–05; < Latin, exemplifying in c- the outcome of IE palato-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 branches Compare satem

Word Origin for centum

Latin: hundred, chosen because the c represents the Indo-European k