SATEM


Meaning of SATEM in English

Pronunciation: ' sä-t ə m

Function: adjective

Etymology: Avestan sat ə m hundred; from the fact that its initial sound (derived from an alveolar fricative) is the representative of an Indo-European palatal stop ― more at HUNDRED

Date: 1901

: of, relating to, or constituting an Indo-European language group in which the palatal stops became in prehistoric times palatal or alveolar fricatives ― compare CENTUM

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