Where does “talent” come from?

talent (Welsh) comes from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

talent (Welsh): third-person plural imperfect/conditional of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural imperfect/conditional of...

Ancestry of “talent”, step by step

talent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin talentum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintalentumA Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or...
2Ancient Greekτάλαντονbalance, scale; anything weighed
3Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥h₂ent-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

via Welsh talu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshtaluto pay
2Proto-Celtic*tal-ī-—

Words derived from “talent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- →