Etymograph

English

quarta

Quarta comes from Latin quartus ‘fourth’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus1‘fourth’
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentquarta1
  3. Englishtodayquarta1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quarta

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartusWiktionary, English quarta‘fourth’
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentquartaWiktionary, English quarta
  3. EnglishtodayquartaWiktionary, English quarta

Every English word from Latin quartus

Today it means

noun A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quarta”. 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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