Where does “aliquot” come from?
Aliquot comes from French aliquote, from Latin aliquot meaning "some, a few," derived from Latin alius meaning "other," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos meaning "other."
aliquot (English): Contained in the whole an integral number of...
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- Contained in the whole an integral number of...
Ancestry of “aliquot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aliquote | aliquot |
| 2 | Latin | aliquot | some; several; a few |
| 3 | Latin | quot | how many; as many |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷot | — |
Words derived from “aliquot”