Where does “esquarterament” come from?
esquarterament (Catalan) comes from Catalan esquarterar, from Catalan quarter, from Latin quartarius, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
esquarterament (Catalan): quartering a division into four parts
Definitions
- quartering a division into four parts
Ancestry of “esquarterament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | esquarterar | to quarter to divide by four |
| 2 | Catalan | quarter | fourth; quarter |
| 3 | Latin | quartarius | quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L |
| 4 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |