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Where does “câtime” come from?

câtime (Romanian) comes from Romanian cât, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

câtime (Romanian): quantity, amount; small amount, bit, smidgen, tad

Definitions

  1. quantity, amount; small amount, bit, smidgen, tad

Ancestry of “câtime”, step by step

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