Tantamount Definition
tăntə-mount
adjective
Having equal force, value, effect, etc.; equal or equivalent (to)
Webster's New World
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noun
(obsolete) Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)
Wiktionary
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Origin of Tantamount
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From obsolete tantamount an equivalent from Anglo-Norman tant amunter to amount to as much tant so much, so great (from Latin tantum) (neuter of tantus) (from tam so to- in Indo-European roots) amunter to amount to variant of Old French amonter amount
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman tant amunter.
From Wiktionary
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