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qualms (n.)
see qualm.
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quandary (n.)
"state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin quando "when? at what time?; at the time that, inasmuch," pronominal adverb of time, related to qui "who" (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns). Originally accented on the second syllable.
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quango (n.)
1973, acronym for quasi-non-governmental organization (a descriptive phrase itself attested from 1967). Related: Quangocracy; quangocrat.
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quantifiable (adj.)
1868, from quantify + -able. Related: Quantifiably.
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quantification (n.)
1850, noun of action from quantify.
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quantify (v.)
1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronominal adjective (see quantity) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified; quantifying.
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quantitation (n.)
1952, from quantity + -ation, ending used in forming nouns of action. Related: Quantitate.
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quantitative (adj.)
1580s, "having quantity," from Medieval Latin quantitativus, from stem of Latin quantitas (see quantity). Meaning "measurable" is from 1650s. Related: Quantitatively.
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quantitive (adj.)
1650s, from quantity + -ive. Related: Quantitively.
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quantity (n.)
early 14c., from Old French quantite, cantite (12c., Modern French quantité) and directly from Latin quantitatem (nominative quantitas) "relative greatness or extent," coined as a loan-translation of Greek posotes (from posos "how great? how much?") from Latin quantus "of what size? how much? how great? what amount?," correlative pronominal adjective (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns). Latin quantitatem also is the source of Italian quantita, Spanish cantidad, Danish and Swedish kvantitet, German quantitat.
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