Where does “quanto” come from?

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

quanto (Portuguese): as; how much; how many; how

Definitions

  1. as; how much; how many; how

Ancestry of “quanto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequantohow much
2Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
3Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
4Proto-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 →