Etymograph

English

quantulum

Quantulum comes from Latin quantulum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquantulum1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1832quantulum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quantulum
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1832, The Quarterly Review: “[…] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquantulumWiktionary, English quantulum
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1832quantulumWiktionary, English quantulum. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1832, The Quarterly Review: “[…] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded…”

Today it means

noun A very small amount.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quantulum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin quantulum / quantulum