Where does “quant” come from?
quant (French) comes from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
quant (French): Only used in quant à
Ancestry of “quant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | quantum | nominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |
Words derived from “quant”