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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English quantite, [[bor|fro|quantité]] and directly from Latin quantitās, relative greatness or extent,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) coined as a loan translation of Greek [[m|grc|ποσότης|tr=posótēs]] (from pósos, how much?),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from Latin quantus, how great, how much, related to quam, how, and quis, who.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is [[inh|enm|quantite]], [[bor|fro|quantité]] and directly from [[la|quantitās]], relative greatness or extent,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) coined as a loan translation of Greek [[m|grc|ποσότης|tr=posótēs]] (from [[m|grc|πόσος|tr=pósos]], how much?),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|quantus]], how great, how much, related to quam, how, and [[m|la|quis]], who.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==