English

French Quarter

From French + quarter.

Proto-Germanic *frankô ‘spear’

Proto-West Germanic *Frankō ‘a Frank’

Old English Franca ‘a Frank’

Old English Frencisc ‘of the Franks, Frankish, French’

Middle English French

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós

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Latin quartus ‘fourth’

Latin quartarius ‘a quarter measure’

Anglo-Norman quarter

Middle English quarter

Today it means

name A neighborhood and National Historic Landmark in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French Quarter