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Where does “quatroun” come from?

quatroun (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French quarter — quarter.

quatroun (Anglo-Norman): quarter of a hundred; quarter of a pound; twenty...

Definitions

  1. quarter of a hundred; quarter of a pound; twenty...

Ancestry of “quatroun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquarterquarter

Words derived from “quatroun”

  • quartern
  • quartern
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