Where does “Quartal” come from?
Quartal (German) comes from Medieval Latin quartalis, from Latin quartus, from Latin quattuor, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
Quartal (German): a quarter year
Definitions
- a quarter year
Ancestry of “Quartal”, step by step
Quartal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Medieval Latin quartalis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | quartalis | subject to a one-fourth tribute of a crop, part... |
| 2 | Latin | quartus | fourth, the ordinal number after "tertius" and... |
| 3 | Latin | quattuor | four; 4 |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Medieval Latin quartale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | quartale | nominative neuter singular of quārtālis;... |
| 2 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
via Latin quartale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quartale | nominative neuter singular of quārtālis;... |