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Where does “quarter-day” come from?

quarter-day (English) comes from English quarter, from Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

quarter-day (English): Each of the four days customarily regarded as...

Definitions

  1. Each of the four days customarily regarded as...

Ancestry of “quarter-day”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquarter"A fourth part of something."; "Place or...
2Middle Englishquarter—
3Anglo-Normanquarter—
4Latinquartarius—
5Latinquārtus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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