Where does “quanta” come from?

quanta (Italian) comes from Italian quanto, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

quanta (Italian): feminine singular of quanto

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of quanto

Ancestry of “quanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquantohow, how much, how many; quantum
2Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
3Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts →Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos →Every word from Latin quantus →