Where does “kuantu” come from?

kuantu (Basque) comes from Spanish cuánto, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

kuantu (Basque): quantum

Definitions

  1. quantum

Ancestry of “kuantu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuántohow much; how many
2Latinquantumnominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative...
3Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
4Proto-Italic*kʷijentos
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts
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