Where does “esquarterar” come from?

esquarterar (Catalan) comes 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.

esquarterar (Catalan): to quarter to divide by four

Definitions

  1. to quarter to divide by four

Ancestry of “esquarterar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanquarterfourth; quarter
2Latinquartariusquartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “esquarterar”

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