Where does “cuantum” come from?
cuantum (Romanian) comes from French quantum, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.
cuantum (Romanian): quantity
Definitions
- quantity
Ancestry of “cuantum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quantum | quantum |
| 2 | Latin | quantum | nominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |