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...

Definitions

  1. Contained in the whole an integral number of...

Ancestry of “aliquot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaliquotealiquot
2Latinaliquotsome; several; a few
3Latinquothow many; as many
4Proto-Italic*kʷot—

Words derived from “aliquot”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Latin aliquot →