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Where does “quante” come from?

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

quante (Italian): feminine plural of quanto

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of quanto

Ancestry of “quante”, 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 →