English
quirewise
From quire + -wise.
Formed from quire + -wise
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’
Latin quater ‘four times’
Latin quaternus ‘fourfold’
Anglo-Norman quaier
Middle English quayer ‘a quire’
English quire
Today it means
adv As a quire of sheets of paper.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “quirewise”. 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.
Etymograph / quirewise