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Translation

quantity, amount

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Word origin

From Latin quantus ('how much'), the same root that gave English quantity and quantum.

Origin
Latin
Root
quantus
English cognates
quantity, quantum

Examples

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We need a large quantity of water.

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The amount was bigger than I thought.

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What quantity of sugar do you want?

is the amount of a mass; is the count of separate things. Both take when they measure what follows, which is why it is and never .

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This word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 4: kvanto, semo, guto and 6 more words.