Etymology

quarterdeck

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Today it means: The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers Full definition →

English deck ← Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷtwr̥to-
  4. Proto-Italic*kʷeturtos
  5. Latinquārtus
  6. Latinquārtārius
  7. Anglo-Normanquarter
  8. Middle Englishquarter
  9. Englishquarter
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  12. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  14. Old Dutchthecken
  15. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  16. Middle Dutchdec
  17. Middle Englishdekke
  18. Englishdeck
  19. English todayquarterdeck

From quarter + deck.

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