Where does “cât” come from?

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

cât (Romanian): how much; quotient

Definitions

  1. how much; quotient

Ancestry of “cât”, step by step

cât traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quantus

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

via Ottoman Turkish قات

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاتcoat, layer, a single thickness of some material covering a surface
2Proto-TurkicKatberry

Words derived from “cât”

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