Meaning of centum | Babel Free
/ˈkɛntəm/Definitions
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Alternative letter-case form of centum. alt-of, not-comparable
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Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops. Indo-European-studies, not-comparable
Examples
“Table 10.1 shows the relative chronology of centum and satem entries to the west. Along each trajectory, centum languages precede satem languages, and the frontier languages, thos most clearly showing peripheral type shift, are centum.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.