c 3 e 1 n 1 t 1 u 1 m 3
6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originLearned borrowing from Latin centum (“hundred”), attested at least since 1890s. Its use in linguistics is due to it being a canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, as opposed to Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm). Doublet of hundred and satem.
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