Quantify
/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.faɪ/noun
To express or measure something as a quantity.
Did you know?“Quantify” is built from Latin quantus, meaning “how much” or “how great,” so the word itself is basically a linguistic machine for turning mystery into countable reality.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwo-
“Interrogative root meaning “who?” or “what?””
Latin
Latin
quantus
“How much; how great”
Late Latin
Latin
quantificare
“To determine quantity; to measure”
14th–15th Century
English
quantifien
“To estimate or determine the amount of something”
Modern English
English
quantify
“To express or measure in numerical terms”