Where does “quarterar” come from?

quarterar (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.

quarterar (Catalan): to quarter divide into quarters

Definitions

  1. to quarter divide into quarters

Ancestry of “quarterar”, 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
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