Archaic or variant spelling sometimes used for 'quota' or as part of the Latin phrase 'quot' meaning 'how many'; rarely used in modern English.
From Latin 'quot' meaning 'how many' or 'as many as,' used in Latin phrases like 'quot homines, tot sententiae' (how many people, so many opinions). The word entered English through legal and formal Latin usage.
This is a word from dead Latin that barely exists in modern English—it's mostly seen in old legal documents and academic Latin phrases. It's a ghost word, haunting the edges of English from a language that stopped being spoken centuries ago!
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