Where does “quante” come from?
quante (Ido) comes from Ido quanta, from English quantity, from Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās, from Ancient Greek ποσότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
quante (Ido): how much, how many
Ancestry of “quante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | quanta | how much, how many |
| 2 | English | quantity | A fundamental, generic term used when referring... |
| 3 | Middle English | quantite | Number, quantity or amount; Dimension; how big or... |
| 4 | Old French | quantité | — |
| 5 | Latin | quantitās | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ποσότης | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |