Where does “quarterdeck” come from?
Quarterdeck comes from English quarter, from French quartier, from French quart, from Latin -arius suffix and Latin quattuor meaning four.
quarterdeck (English): The aft part of the upper deck of a ship;...
Definitions
- The aft part of the upper deck of a ship;...
Ancestry of “quarterdeck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | deck | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a... |
| 2 | Middle English | dekke | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dec | roof, covering |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | decken | to roof, to build/repair a roof; to cover; to... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thecken | to cover; to roof |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þakkjan | to cover; to burn |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þakjaną | to cover; to burn |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þaką | roof, cover |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |