Where does “quirewise” come from?

quirewise (English) comes from English quire, from Middle English quer, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

quirewise (English): As a quire of sheets of paper

Definitions

  1. As a quire of sheets of paper

Ancestry of “quirewise”, step by step

quirewise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquireOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of...
2Middle EnglishquerA choir singers who musically accompany a liturgy
3Old Frenchcuerheart
4Vulgar Latin*corem—
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via English wise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of...
2Middle Englishwyswise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...
3Old Englishwīswise
4Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
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