Where does “quantitate” come from?
quantitate (Latin) comes from Latin quantitas, from Latin -tas, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
quantitate (Latin): ablative singular of quantitās
Definitions
- ablative singular of quantitās
Ancestry of “quantitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quantitas | greatness, extent, quantity, magnitude, size;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tas | -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |