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centum
cen·tum [ kéntəm ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with unchanged /k/ sound: describes ancient Indo-European language groups in which the /k/ sound did not palatalize when preceding a front vowel.
See also  satem
[Early 20th century. < Latin, "hundred"]
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