quantidat

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷãn.tiˈðat], [-ˈðað]

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 quáto 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.

Related terms

• quantia
• quanto

Descendants

• Spanish: cantidad