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Latin word talentum comes from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-
*telh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*tl̥h₂ent- (Proto-Indo-European)
τάλαντον (Ancient Greek)
talentum (Latin)
(New Latin) A marked natural skill or ability. A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or half a hundredweight.. A talent or sum of money; usually the Attic talent (sometimes with magnum).