Etymology

quarto

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Today it means: A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). Full definition →

Latin quartus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromquartus“fourth”
  2. English todayquarto

From Latin quartus (“fourth”).

Words from the same roots

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