Where does “quanta” come from?
quanta (French) comes from French quantum, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
quanta (French): plural of quantum
Definitions
- plural of quantum
Ancestry of “quanta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quantum | quantum |
| 2 | Latin | quantum | nominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |