Definitions For Satem

Adjective

(not comparable) (Indo-European linguistics) referring to a proto-indo-european language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

Antonyms

centum

Derived terms

satemisation

Alternative forms

satem

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, ae, sc=Avst, 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨, tr=satəm, , hundred}}. The canonical example of a word that changed proto-indo-european palatovelar */ḱ/ into sibilant /s/ by the 3rd millennium BCE, as opposed to Latin centum, , hundred. {{doublet, en, hundred}}.

Anagrams

AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, a-stem, mates, matés, meats, metas, stame, steam, tames, teams

Is Satem a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8

The word Satem is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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