centum

Etymology 1
, 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 🇨🇬. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.

Etymology 2
. The latter meaning is attested at least since 1991 and is explained by 100-point.

Noun

 * , set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
 * 1)  Perfect score on a board exam.
 * 1)  Perfect score on a board exam.
 * 1)  Perfect score on a board exam.

Alternative forms

 * Symbol: C

Etymology
From, from. Formal cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, with an attached suffix).

Numeral

 * 1)  a hundred; 100

Usage notes
The numeral centum behaves like an indeclinable adjective. See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers for additional information.

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * North Italian:
 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * North Italian:
 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * North Italian:
 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Insular Romance:

Unsorted borrowings (many of them via Romance):



Etymology
.