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Where does “մեծաքանակություն” come from?

մեծաքանակություն (Armenian) comes from Armenian մեծաքանակ, from Armenian քանակ, from Old Armenian քանակ, from Old Armenian -ակ, from Old Armenian ունակ, from Old Armenian ունիմ, from Proto-Indo-European ōpn-, from Proto-Indo-European ōp- — to achieve.

մեծաքանակություն (Armenian): innumerability, multiplicity, numerousness

Definitions

  1. innumerability, multiplicity, numerousness

Ancestry of “մեծաքանակություն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմեծաքանակnumerous, countless, copious; numerously,...
2Armenianքանակquantity, number; amount
3Old Armenianքանակquantity, measure
4Old Armenian-ակforming diminutives from nominal stems; forming...
5Old Armenianունակhaving, containing
6Old Armenianունիմto have; to take, to hold, to possess, to occupy,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanōpn-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanōp-to achieve
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