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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Numeral
*kentom[1]
- hundred (100)
Declension
Latin centum did not decline, but the word is declined as a neuter o-stem noun in many Indo-European languages, and may have been declined in Proto-Indo-European as well. It is unclear what the situation was in Proto-Italic. If it declined, it would have been as follows:
Declension of *kentom (o-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*kentom
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*kentā
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| vocative
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*kentom
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*kentā
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| accusative
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*kentom
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*kentā
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| genitive
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*kentosjo, *kentī
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*kentom
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| dative
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*kentōi
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*kentois
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| ablative
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*kentōd
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*kentois
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| locative
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*kentei
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*kentois
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Descendants
- Latin: centum (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
