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centum
This term is primarily used in linguistic and historical contexts to refer to the Latin word for one hundred. It serves as a technical marker in historical linguistics to categorize a specific group of Indo-European languages based on their phonetic evolution of this specific root.
Because it functions as a proper name for a linguistic category or a specific Latin lexical item, it does not follow standard English counting rules. It is treated as a singular entity referring to a word rather than a quantity of items.
Meanings
Examples
Centum languages are those that retained the k sound of the Proto-Indo-European word for hundred.
Is this dialect classified as a centum language?
Is this dialect classified as a centum language?
The scholar explained the distinction between centum and satem groups.
He noted that Latin and Greek are classic examples of centum languages.
I wonder if the phonetic shift in centum languages happened simultaneously.
The textbook defines the centum group by its specific consonant development.
The professor wrote centum on the chalkboard to illustrate the point.
The professor wrote centum on the chalkboard to illustrate the point.