Where does “tant” come from?

tant (Middle French) comes from Old French tant, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tant (Middle French): so

Definitions

  1. so

Ancestry of “tant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtantso much, so many; so much; such
2Latintantusof such size, of such measure; so much, so great
3Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
4Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m →