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Where does “quarter” come from?

quarter (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Ancestry of “quarter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanquarter—
2Latinquartarius—
3Latinquārtus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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