Etymograph

English

cuarteron

Cuarteron comes from Spanish cuarterón ‘cuarteron, Spanish quarterpound’, from cuarto ‘one-fourth’, and ultimately from Latin quartus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus1
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarto2‘one-fourth’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarterón2‘cuarteron, Spanish quarterpound’
  4. Englishtodaycuarteron2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish cuarto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English cuarteron

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartusWiktionary, Spanish cuarto
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuartoWiktionary, English cuarteron‘one-fourth’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarterónWiktionary, English cuarteron‘cuarteron, Spanish quarterpound’
  4. EnglishtodaycuarteronWiktionary, English cuarteron

Linked words

through Latin quartus

quarter, quart, 14 more

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 115 g.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cuarteron”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish cuarto. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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