Where does “quarte” come from?

quarte (Latin) comes 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.

quarte (Latin): vocative masculine singular of quārtus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of quārtus

Ancestry of “quarte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquartusfourth, the ordinal number after "tertius" and...
2Latinquattuorfour; 4
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →