tantamount

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

First attested in English in 1628. Either inherited from an unattested Middle English borrowing from Anglo-Norman tant amount, from amunter, from tant (“as much”) amonter (“to amount to”) or borrowed in the early 17th century from Italian tanto montare (“to amount to as much”).

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