Satem

Alternative forms

• Satem

Origin

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").

Full definition of satem

Adjective

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, mates, meats, steam, tames, teams