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- Medieval Latin · derived fromquartilus
- Middle French · derived fromquartil
- English todayquartile
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
quartile
Today it means: Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population. Full definition →
Middle French quartil ← Medieval Latin quartilus