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Where does “quart'ron” come from?

quart'ron (Norman) comes from Norman quartchi, from Latin quarterium, from Latin quartarium, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

quart'ron (Norman): quarter of a pound

Definitions

  1. quarter of a pound

Ancestry of “quart'ron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanquartchiquarter
2Latinquarterium—
3Latinquartariumfourth part
4Latinquārtus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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