Where does “quotal” come from?
quotal (German) comes from German Quote, from Latin quotus, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.
quotal (German): proportionate
Ancestry of “quotal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Quote | a quota |
| 2 | Latin | quotus | which? ; what number?; how many? |
| 3 | Latin | quot | how many; as many |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷot | — |