单词 | satem |
释义 | satem[ sah-tuhm ] / ˈsɑ təm / adjectivebelonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian. Compare centum2. Origin of satem1900–05; <Avestan satəm hundred (cognate with Latin centum;see centum2), exemplifying in s- the outcome of Indo-European palatal stops characteristic of the group Words nearby satemsatellite navigation system, satellite station, satellitium, satellitosis, satelloid, satem, sati, satiable, satiate, satiated, satiation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for satemsatem / (ˈsɑːtəm, ˈseɪ-) / adjectivedenoting or belonging to the group of Indo-European languages in which original velar stops became palatalized (k > s or / ʃ /). These languages belong to the Indic, Iranian, Armenian, Slavonic, Baltic, and Albanian branches and are traditionally regarded as the E groupCompare centum Word Origin for satemfrom Avestan sat ə m hundred; chosen to exemplify the variation of initial s with initial k (as in centum) in Indo-European languages Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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