Where does “Quantentheorie” come from?
Quantentheorie (German) comes from German Quant, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
Quantentheorie (German): quantum theory
Ancestry of “Quantentheorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Quant | 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 | — |