ラテン語のquot, how muchから、PIE*kwoの疑問代名詞語幹、語源的にはquality, quantityと同じ。
英語の語源
quotient (n.)
"number of times one quantity is contained in another," mid-15c., from Latin quotiens "how often? how many times?; as often as," pronominal adverb of time, from quot "how many?" (see quote (v.)). The Latin adverb quotiens was mistaken in Middle English for a present participle in -ens.
例文
1. Being rich doesn 't actually increase your happiness quotient .
お金があればあなたの幸福指数を高めることができるとは限らない。
2.The island has a high quotient of clergymen.
牧師は島の人口の大部分を占めている。
3.The quotient simply becomes arbitrarrily large as h goes to 0.
商は、hが0に近づくと任意に増大するだけである。
4.A high communal intelligence quotient does not always，It 'seems，insure communal efficiency.
コミュニティにおけるIQの高さは、コミュニティの機能を必ずしも保証するものではないようだ。
5.The register used to contain a multiplier in multiplication and the quotient in division.