Where does “quantième” come from?
quantième (French) comes from Middle French quantiesme, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
quantième (French): which day of the month; which number of
Definitions
- which day of the month; which number of
Ancestry of “quantième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | quantiesme | what number, which |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |