Univerbation ofquantīs(“how much, of what size”,abl. pl.) +‎-per(“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

quantīsper (notcomparable)

1. (interrogative or relational): how long, for how long
   • c. 180BCE,Caecilius Statius,Ephesio 511, 30:

     Nonius: velim paulisper opperiri te.Quantisper? Non plus triduum

     Nonius: I might want to wait a short time.For how long you ask? For no more than three days.

• aliquantīsper
• parumper
• paulīsper
• tantīsper

• “quantisper”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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