Etymology

cuarto

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Today it means: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L. Full definition →

Spanish cuarto ← Latin quartus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromquartus“fourth, quarter”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcuarto“quarter-sack”
  3. English todaycuarto

(unit of measure): From Spanish cuarto (“quarter-sack”), from Latin quartus (“fourth, quarter”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarta, etc.

Words from the same roots

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