First Known Use: 1901
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centum
adjective cen·tum \ˈken-təm, -ˌtu̇m\
Definition of CENTUM
: of, relating to, or constituting an Indo-European language group in which the palatal stops did not in prehistoric times become palatal or alveolar fricatives — compare satem
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Origin of CENTUM
Latin, hundred; from the fact that its initial sound (a velar stop) is the representative of an Indo-European palatal stop — more at hundred
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