amount

English

/əˈmaʊnt/

noun
Definitions
  • The total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English.
  • A quantity or volume.
  • (nonstandard) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amounten (mount up to, signify, come up to) derived from Old French amonter (amount to) derived from Latin ad montem root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*men-

Gloss

think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

楼, 塔

Emoji
💭 🤔

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