Etymograph

English

cuarto

Cuarto comes from Spanish cuarto ‘quarter-sack’, and goes back to Latin quartus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus‘fourth, quarter’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarto‘quarter-sack’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus‘fourth, quarter’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarto‘quarter-sack’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin quartus ‘fourth, quarter’

quarter, quart, 14 more

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.

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

Etymograph / Latin quartus / cuarto

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