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单词 satem
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satem

[ sah-tuhm ]
/ ˈsɑ təm /

adjective

belonging 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 satem

1900–05; <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 satem

satellite navigation system, satellite station, satellitium, satellitosis, satelloid, satem, sati, satiable, satiate, satiated, satiation
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British Dictionary definitions for satem

satem
/ (ˈsɑːtəm, ˈseɪ-) /

adjective

denoting 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 satem

from Avestan sat ə m hundred; chosen to exemplify the variation of initial s with initial k (as in centum) in Indo-European languages
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