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Where does “quarte” come from?

quarte (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French quart, from Latin quarta, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Ancestry of “quarte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquartfourth; quarter
2Latinquartainflection of quārtus: ## nominative/vocative...
3Latinquārtus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quarte”

  • kwart
  • kwartslag
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