quantidat

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quantitātem, accusative of quantitās, from quantus (“how much”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷantiˈdat/

Noun

quantidat f (usually uncountable)

  1. amount, quantity
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r:
      Et deſta manera puede tirar muchos fierros apegando ſe unos a otros faſta tamanna quantidat quãto pueda ſofrir.
      And so it can attract many pieces of iron, sticking one to the other up to a large quantity, so many as it can bear.

Descendants

  • Spanish: cantidad
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