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Where does “quarrière” come from?

quarrière (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

Ancestry of “quarrière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinquadraria—
2Latinquadrō—
3Latinquādrus—
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quarrière”

  • quarry
  • quarryman
  • quarrier
  • quarriable
  • quarrylike
  • quarere
  • quarreria
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