Where does “kuantu” come from?
kuantu (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu kantu, from Portuguese canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
kuantu (Papiamentu): how many
Definitions
- how many
Ancestry of “kuantu”, step by step
kuantu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Kabuverdianu kantu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | kantu | when; what; how many |
| 2 | Portuguese | canto | singing; chant; a bird’s song |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | canto | — |
| 4 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 5 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 7 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Portuguese quanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quanto | as; how much; how many; how |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | quanto | how much |
| 3 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |