centum

¹

[ sen-tuhm ]

noun

1. one hundred.

centum

²

[ ken-tuhm, -toom ]

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.

centum

/ ˈsɛntəm /

adjective

1. See satem
   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 History and Origins

Origin of centum¹

From Latin; 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of centum¹

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

Example Sentences

Where such cases occur, patients should be fully prepared for the worst As a rule, the mortality is from 40 to 70 per centum.

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Twenty-five per centum of all women over 60 years of age are found to have gall-stones.

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It does more: in 90 per centum of cases it will prevent successful infection with smallpox.

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Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.

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At least 70 per centum of the patients affected show a family history of insanity in some forms.

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