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Where does “quant” come from?

quant (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

quant (Occitan): how many; how much

Definitions

  1. how many; how much

Ancestry of “quant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancanwhen
2Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
3Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts →