Where does “коли́чество” come from?

коли́чество (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic количьство, from Ancient Greek ποσότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

коли́чество (Russian): quantity, number, amount

Definitions

  1. quantity, number, amount

Ancestry of “коли́чество”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicколичьство—
2Ancient Greekποσότηςquantity
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “коли́чество”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →