Where does “ℚ” come from?

ℚ (Translingual) comes from Italian quoziente, from Latin quotiens, from Latin quoties, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.

Ancestry of “ℚ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquozientequotient; rate
2Latinquotienshow often?; as often as; whenever
3LatinquotiesAlternative form of quotiēns
4Latinquothow many; as many
5Proto-Italic*kʷot—
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Latin quoties →