Where does “câtuși” come from?

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

Ancestry of “câtuși”, 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 →Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos →Every word from Latin quantus →