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satem

satem adjective: of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

Adjective (1)

satem (not comparable)

  1. (Indo-European-studies) Of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.
    Antonyms:
    centum

Adjective (2) capitalized: Satem

Satem (not comparable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of satem.

Antonyms of satem

Forms of satem

alternative formSatem

Origin of satem

Learned borrowing 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 and centum.

Words formed from satem

Questions about satem

What does satem mean?
Satem means of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.
What part of speech is satem?
Satem is an adjective.

Words near satem in the dictionary

  1. satellitosis
  2. satelloid
  3. satelloids
  4. satelloon
  5. satelloons
  6. satem
  7. satemisation
  8. satemization
  9. satemize
  10. sater
  11. saterinone

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