English

forequarter

From fore- + quarter.

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

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

noun The foreleg, shoulder and surrounding area of the body of a quadruped.

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

Etymograph / forequarter