Disquart
/dɪsˈkwɔːrt/noun
To divide or arrange into four parts or quarters.
Did you know?Disquart is built from the Latin-derived “quart,” meaning “a fourth part,” linking it to the ancient Indo-European word for four.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kʷetwóres
“four”
Classical Latin
Latin
quārtus
“fourth; one of four equal parts”
Medieval Latin
Latin
quarta
“a fourth part or quarter”
Middle English
English
quart
“a fourth part; a quarter”
16th Century
English
disquart
“to divide into four parts”
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