satem

See also: Satem

English

Alternative forms

• Satem

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm, “hundred”). The canonical example of a word that changed Proto-Indo-European palatovelar */ḱ/ into sibilant /s/ by the 3rd millennium BCE, as opposed to Latin centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hundred.

Adjective

satem (not comparable)

1. (Indo-European linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

Antonyms

• centum

Derived terms

• satemisation

Anagrams

• AEMTs, Mesta, STEAM, a-stem, mates, matés, meats, metas, stame, steam, tames, teams