Where does “kvantummechanika” come from?
kvantummechanika (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kvantum, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
kvantummechanika (Hungarian): quantum mechanics
Definitions
- quantum mechanics
Ancestry of “kvantummechanika”, step by step
kvantummechanika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kvantum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kvantum | 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 | — |