English
quantitative
Quantitative comes from Late Latin quantitātīvus.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEquantitātīvus
- Englishtodayquantitative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEquantitātīvus
- Englishtodayquantitative
Equivalent to quantity + -ative
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘the primary interrogative root’
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Latin quantus ‘how much’
Latin quantitās
Old French quantité
Middle English quantite ‘a specified piece or quantity of a greater…’
English quantity
Every English word from Late Latin quantitātīvus
Today it means
adj Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin quantitātīvus / quantitative