Etymograph

English

quartarius

Quartarius comes from Latin quārtārius ‘one-fourth’, and goes back to quārtus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquārtus1‘fourth’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquārtārius1‘one-fourth’
  3. Englishtodayquartarius1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quartarius

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquārtusWiktionary, English quartarius‘fourth’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquārtāriusWiktionary, English quartarius‘one-fourth’
  3. EnglishtodayquartariusWiktionary, English quartarius

Every English word from Latin quārtus

Today it means

noun A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quartarius”. 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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