talentum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or half a hundredweight.
- A talent or sum of money; usually the Attic talent sometimes with magnum.
- (New Latin) A marked natural skill or ability
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent, talent, a weight, weight, balanced) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tl̥h₂ent-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- talent English
- talenta Latin
- Talent German
- talentfrei German
- talentvoll German
- talentaccio Italian
- talentare Italian
- talento Italian
- talent French
- talentueux French
- τάλαντον Ancient Greek
- ἀτάλαντος Ancient Greek
- Ἀταλάντη Ancient Greek
- ἡμιτάλαντον Ancient Greek
- *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tl̥h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- talent Norwegian Bokmål
- talentfull Norwegian Bokmål
- talante Portuguese
- talang Swedish
- beztalencie Polish
- talent Polish
- talent Norwegian Nynorsk
- talentfull Norwegian Nynorsk
- talente Old English
- talent Middle English
- talent Danish
- talent Czech
- mautalant Old French
- mautalent Old French
- talant Old French
- talent Old French
- talento Esperanto
- talent Serbo-Croatian
- talent Catalan, Valencian
- talentós Catalan, Valencian
- τάλαντο Greek (modern)
- ταλέντο Greek (modern)
- talent Middle Dutch
- talants Latvian
- talantīgs Latvian
- talantīgums Latvian
- tallent Middle French
- talan Old Occitan