Where does “Quantivalenz” come from?
Quantivalenz (German) comes from English quantivalence, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
Quantivalenz (German): quantivalence
Definitions
- quantivalence
Ancestry of “Quantivalenz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quantivalence | Valence; the atomic or combining power of an... |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |