centumn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɛntəm/, U.S.

/ˈsɛn(t)əm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centum.

Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred < the same Indo-European base as hund n.

Originally and chiefly Anglo-Indian and Indian English. Now somewhat rare.

A group or collection of a hundred things (esp. poems, songs, etc.) or (rarely) people; a hundred. Cf. century n. 6, per centum adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > group of a hundred

centainea1450

centumvirate1661

century1773

centum1835

1835 W. Taylor tr. in Oriental Hist. MSS Tamil Lang. II. App. 40 (title of MS) The Sathagam, (or centum of verses,) of Manavala-Narrayanen.

1849 Jrnl. Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 55 Three different treatises..each consisting of a centum of stanzas.

1871 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 30 June 632/1 The fiat of a centum of ‘international’ metrico-decimatists to the contrary notwithstanding.

1938 Sussex County Mag. Aug. 555/1 Short or long, there is just a centum of poems here.

1975 K. V. Zvelebil Tamil Lit. ix. 185 A centum of verses in praise of the god of Śrīraṇgam.

1992 M. Lal Encycl. Indian Lit. V. 3999/1 Amaru-shatakam, a centum of love-poems, is prized for its delicate charm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

centumn.²

Brit.

/ˈkɛntʊm/,

/ˈkɛntəm/, U.S.

/ˈkɛntʊm/,

/ˈkɛntəm/

Forms: 1800s– centum, 1900s– kentum.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin centum.

Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.¹), after German Centum-, (now usually) Kentum- (chiefly in Centumsprache , (now usually) Kentumsprache centum language (1890 or earlier)), with reference to those Indo-European languages in which it is assumed that the Indo-European palatalized voiceless velar plosives (as in Latin centum ) did not become sibilants; compare satem n.The concept was apparently first developed by August Fick in his Die ehemalige Spracheinheit der Indogermanen Europas (1873) 14.

Linguistics.

attributive. Designating a group of chiefly western Indo-European languages having (voiceless) velar plosives (as in Latin centum) where cognate words in the eastern group have sibilants; relating to or characteristic of this group. Contrasted with satem n.It is disputed whether this division reflects a dialectal split in early Indo-European.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > eastern or western

centum1893

satem1893

1893 Classical Rev. 7 338/1 Instead therefore of an ‘Asiatic’ and a ‘European’ unity we now have (1) Asiatic, (2) centum and (3) satem branches of the main stock.

1912 J. Wright Compar. Gram. Greek Lang. vi. 95 The former group [sc. Greek, Italic, Keltic, Germanic] is generally called the centum- and the latter [sc. Aryan, Armenian, Albanian, Baltic-Slavonic] the satəm-group of languages, where Latin centum and Zend satəm represent the original Indg. word *kmtóm, hundred.

1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. x. 365 The languages in which I.-E. k, g, etc., are preserved as gutturals are called kentum languages, the others satem languages.

1952 O. R. Gurney Hittites vi. 119 The ‘centum’ group (comprising Latin, Greek, Celtic, and the various Germanic languages).

2004 H. M. Hoenigswald et al. in R. D. Woodard Cambr. Encycl. Anc. Langs. xvii. 536 Tocharian shows the centum treatment of back consonants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centum
释义	centumn.¹ Brit. /ˈsɛntəm/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)əm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centum. Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred < the same Indo-European base as hund n. Originally and chiefly Anglo-Indian and Indian English. Now somewhat rare. A group or collection of a hundred things (esp. poems, songs, etc.) or (rarely) people; a hundred. Cf. century n. 6, per centum adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > group of a hundred centainea1450 centumvirate1661 century1773 centum1835 1835 W. Taylor tr. in Oriental Hist. MSS Tamil Lang. II. App. 40 (title of MS) The Sathagam, (or centum of verses,) of Manavala-Narrayanen. 1849 Jrnl. Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 55 Three different treatises..each consisting of a centum of stanzas. 1871 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 30 June 632/1 The fiat of a centum of ‘international’ metrico-decimatists to the contrary notwithstanding. 1938 Sussex County Mag. Aug. 555/1 Short or long, there is just a centum of poems here. 1975 K. V. Zvelebil Tamil Lit. ix. 185 A centum of verses in praise of the god of Śrīraṇgam. 1992 M. Lal Encycl. Indian Lit. V. 3999/1 Amaru-shatakam, a centum of love-poems, is prized for its delicate charm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). centumn.² Brit. /ˈkɛntʊm/, /ˈkɛntəm/, U.S. /ˈkɛntʊm/, /ˈkɛntəm/ Forms: 1800s– centum, 1900s– kentum. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin centum. Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.¹), after German Centum-, (now usually) Kentum- (chiefly in Centumsprache , (now usually) Kentumsprache centum language (1890 or earlier)), with reference to those Indo-European languages in which it is assumed that the Indo-European palatalized voiceless velar plosives (as in Latin centum ) did not become sibilants; compare satem n.The concept was apparently first developed by August Fick in his Die ehemalige Spracheinheit der Indogermanen Europas (1873) 14. Linguistics. attributive. Designating a group of chiefly western Indo-European languages having (voiceless) velar plosives (as in Latin centum) where cognate words in the eastern group have sibilants; relating to or characteristic of this group. Contrasted with satem n.It is disputed whether this division reflects a dialectal split in early Indo-European. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > eastern or western centum1893 satem1893 1893 Classical Rev. 7 338/1 Instead therefore of an ‘Asiatic’ and a ‘European’ unity we now have (1) Asiatic, (2) centum and (3) satem branches of the main stock. 1912 J. Wright Compar. Gram. Greek Lang. vi. 95 The former group [sc. Greek, Italic, Keltic, Germanic] is generally called the centum- and the latter [sc. Aryan, Armenian, Albanian, Baltic-Slavonic] the satəm-group of languages, where Latin centum and Zend satəm represent the original Indg. word *kmtóm, hundred. 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. x. 365 The languages in which I.-E. k, g, etc., are preserved as gutturals are called kentum languages, the others satem languages. 1952 O. R. Gurney Hittites vi. 119 The ‘centum’ group (comprising Latin, Greek, Celtic, and the various Germanic languages). 2004 H. M. Hoenigswald et al. in R. D. Woodard Cambr. Encycl. Anc. Langs. xvii. 536 Tocharian shows the centum treatment of back consonants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1835n.²1893
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