Where does “quanta” come from?

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

quanta (Latin): nominative feminine singular of quantus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of quantus;...

Ancestry of “quanta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “quanta”

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