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Where does “dequantitate” come from?

dequantitate (English) comes from English quantity, from Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās, from Ancient Greek ποσότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

dequantitate (English): To diminish the quantity of

Definitions

  1. To diminish the quantity of

Ancestry of “dequantitate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquantityA fundamental, generic term used when referring...
2Middle EnglishquantiteNumber, quantity or amount; Dimension; how big or...
3Old Frenchquantité—
4Latinquantitās—
5Ancient Greekποσότης—
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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