satem

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adjective

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

Opposite
centum
OriginAvestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 →
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Meanings

satem1

adjectivesatem (not comparable)

alternative Satem

  1. Indo European studiesnot comparableOf or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

    Antonyms: centum

Satem2

adjectiveSatem (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of satem.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Opposite
centum

Origin

  1. Avestan𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨“hundred”
  2. Englishsatem

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.

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “satem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satem.

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