Where does “kvartāls” come from?
kvartāls (Latvian) comes from German Quartal, 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.
kvartāls (Latvian): quarter three-month period
Definitions
- quarter three-month period
Ancestry of “kvartāls”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Quartal | a quarter year |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quartalis | subject to a one-fourth tribute of a crop, part... |
| 3 | Latin | quartus | fourth, the ordinal number after "tertius" and... |
| 4 | Latin | quattuor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |