Etymograph

English

cuarto

Cuarto comes from Spanish cuarto ‘quarter-sack’, and goes back to Latin quartus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus1‘fourth, quarter’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuarto1‘quarter-sack’
  3. Englishtodaycuarto1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English cuarto

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartusWiktionary, English cuarto‘fourth, quarter’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuartoWiktionary, English cuarto‘quarter-sack’
  3. EnglishtodaycuartoWiktionary, English cuarto

Linked words

through Latin quartus ‘fourth, quarter’

quarter, quart, 14 more

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “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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