Etymograph

English

Quant

Quant comes from Middle English queynte ‘intelligent, smart, cunning’, and goes back to Latin cognitus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognitus
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400cointe
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500queynteas cwointe‘intelligent, smart, cunning’
  4. EnglishtodayQuant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognitus
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400cointe
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500queynteas cwointe‘intelligent, smart, cunning’
  4. EnglishtodayQuant

Linked words

through Latin cognitus

cognitive, cognition, incognito, quaint

Today it means

name A surname from Middle English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cognitus / Quant

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