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Where does “kvantummechanikai” come from?

kvantummechanikai (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kvantummechanika, from Hungarian kvantum, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

kvantummechanikai (Hungarian): quantum mechanical

Definitions

  1. quantum mechanical

Ancestry of “kvantummechanikai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankvantummechanikaquantum mechanics
2Hungariankvantumquantum
3Latinquantumnominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative...
4Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
5Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
6Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts—
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