Where does “aliquot” come from?

aliquot (German) comes from Latin aliquot, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.

aliquot (German): aliquot

Definitions

  1. aliquot

Ancestry of “aliquot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaliquotsome; several; a few
2Latinquothow many; as many
3Proto-Italic*kʷot—
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Latin aliquot →
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