Where does “quant” come from?
quant (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan quant, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
quant (Catalan): how many; how much; quite a bit; quite a few
Definitions
- how many; how much; quite a bit; quite a few
Ancestry of “quant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | quant | — |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |