Where does “quantificare” come from?

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

quantificare (Italian): To quantify

Definitions

  1. To quantify

Ancestry of “quantificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquantohow, how much, how many; quantum
2Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
3Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts—

Words derived from “quantificare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts →Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos →Every word from Latin quantus →