Where does “quartalis” come from?

quartalis (Medieval 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.

quartalis (Medieval Latin): subject to a one-fourth tribute of a crop, part...

Definitions

  1. subject to a one-fourth tribute of a crop, part...

Ancestry of “quartalis”, 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

Words derived from “quartalis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →