Where does “quota” come from?
quota (Dutch) comes from Latin quotum, from Latin quotus, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.
Ancestry of “quota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quotum | nominative neuter singular of quotus; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | quotus | which? ; what number?; how many? |
| 3 | Latin | quot | how many; as many |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷot | — |