Where does “quanto” come from?

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

quanto (Old Portuguese): how much

Definitions

  1. how much

Ancestry of “quanto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “quanto”

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