Where does “oarecât” come from?

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

oarecât (Romanian): somewhat

Definitions

  1. somewhat

Ancestry of “oarecât”, step by step

oarecât traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian cât

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

via Romanian oare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianoarewell; really
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts →Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos →Every word from Latin quantus →