Where does “talent” come from?

talent (Danish) comes from German Talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

talent (Danish): talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)

Definitions

  1. talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)

Ancestry of “talent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTalenttalent
2LatintalentumA Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or...
3Ancient Greekτάλαντονbalance, scale; anything weighed
4Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥h₂ent-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent- →Every word from Ancient Greek τάλαντον →