English
hindquarter
From hind + quarter.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós
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Latin quartus ‘fourth’
Latin quartarius ‘a quarter measure’
Anglo-Norman quarter
Middle English quarter
English quarter
Today it means
noun Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindquarter