centum
adjective
cen·tum ˈken-təm 
-ˌtu̇m
: of, relating to, or constituting an Indo-European language group in which the palatal stops did not in prehistoric times become palatal or alveolar fricatives compare satem
Word History
Etymology
Latin, hundred; from the fact that its initial sound (a velar stop) is the representative of an Indo-European palatal stop — more at hundred
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing centum
- cytophil
- cytophilic
- cytophore
- cytophotometric
- cytophotometries
- cytophotometry
- cytoplasm
- cytoplasmic
- cytoplasmic heredity
- cytoplasmic inheritance
- cytoplasmically
- cytoplasms
- cytoplast
- cytoplastic
- cytoplasts
- cytoproct
- cytopyge
- cytoreticulum
- cytosine
- cytosines
- cytoskeletal
- cytoskeleton
- cytoskeletons
- cytosol
- cytosolic