Where does “quarterly” come from?
Quarterly derives from English quarter, from French quartier, from French quart, from Latin -arius (suffix forming agent nouns), from Latin quattuor meaning four.
quarterly (English): Occurring once every quarter year; Divided into...
Definitions
- Occurring once every quarter year; Divided into...
Ancestry of “quarterly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarter | "A fourth part of something."; "Place or... |
| 2 | Middle English | quarter | A quarter fourth part of something |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | quarter | — |
| 4 | Latin | quartarius | quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L |
| 5 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |