Where does “quart” come from?
quart (Norman) 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.
quart (Norman): quarter; watch
Ancestry of “quart”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | quart | fourth; quarter |
| 2 | Latin | quarta | inflection of quārtus:
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| 3 | Latin | quārtus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |