Where does “quantitās” come from?
quantitās (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ποσότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
quantitās (Latin): greatness; extent; quantity; magnitude; size
Definitions
- greatness; extent; quantity; magnitude; size
Ancestry of “quantitās”, step by step
quantitās traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ποσότης
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ποσότης | quantity |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Latin quantus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |