Etymology

quant suff

Today it means: The amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture. Full definition →

Latin quantum sufficit
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromquantum sufficit“as much as is required”
  2. English todayquant suff

Borrowed from Latin quantum sufficit (“as much as is required”), then clipped to only the first syllable of each word.

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