Where does “quartilho” come from?

quartilho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ilho, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

quartilho (Portuguese): an English and American unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL

Definitions

  1. an English and American unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL

Ancestry of “quartilho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ilhoforms diminutives
2Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
3Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus