centum.
Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
Meaning & usage
Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin centum (“hundred”), attested at least since 1890s. Its use in linguistics is due to it being a canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, as opposed to Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm). Doublet of hundred and satem.
Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
Perfect score on a board examination.
Where this word comes from
Calque of Sanskrit शतक (śataka, “a hundred; a satakam”). The latter meaning is attested at least since 1991 and is explained by 100-point academic grading in India.
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