Where does “oricât” come from?

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

oricât (Romanian): however much

Definitions

  1. however much

Ancestry of “oricât”, 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 →