satem

adjective

sa·​tem ˈsä-təm 

: of, relating to, or constituting an Indo-European language group in which the palatal stops became in prehistoric times palatal or alveolar fricatives compare centum

Word History

Etymology

Avestan satəm hundred; from the fact that its initial sound (derived from an alveolar fricative) is the representative of an Indo-European palatal stop — more at hundred

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above