Where does “quanto” come from?

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

quanto (Italian): how, how much, how many; quantum

Definitions

  1. how, how much, how many; quantum

Ancestry of “quanto”, step by step

quanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quantus

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

via New Latin quantum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinquantum—

Words derived from “quanto”

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