Etymology of the English word quantity
the English word
quantityderived from the French word
quantitéderived from the Classical Latin word
quantitas (magnitude, multitude, quantity)
derived from the Latin word
quantus (how great; how much, many)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-derived from the Latin word
quantitatioderived from the Latin word
quantus (how great; how much, many)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-derived from the Old French word
quantitederived from the Classical Latin word
quantitas (magnitude, multitude, quantity)
derived from the Latin word
quantus (how great; how much, many)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-Date
The earliest known usage of quantity in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
disquantity,
quantitateCognates
Dutch
kwantiteit, French
quantité, German
Quantität, Italian
quantità, Latin
quantitas, Norwegian
kvantitet, Spanish
cuantitad, Swedish
kvantitetUsage
Word found in Modern English
