Where does “quart” come from?

Quart comes from French quart, from Latin quartus meaning "fourth," from Latin quattuor meaning "four," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kauput-.

quart (English): A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints;...

Definitions

  1. A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints;...

Ancestry of “quart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquārtusfourth
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quart

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-