adjective
Origin: L, hundred: so named because the initial velar stop of L centum illustrates the typical development in this group from the IE palatal stop (i.e., IE → centum k, satem s̸h)
See centum in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: Latin, hundred (a word whose initial sound in classical Latin illustrates the preservation of the Indo-European palatal velar as a velar k); see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots
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