Etymograph

English

quartation

Quartation comes from Latin quartus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus
  2. Englishtodayquartation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus
  2. Englishtodayquartation

The story

Latin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.

Every English word from Latin quartus

Today it means

noun The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.

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