英文词源
- quart (n.)
- "one-fourth of a gallon," early 14c., from Old French quarte "a fourth part" (13c.), from Latin quarta (pars), from fem. of quartus "the fourth," related to quattuor "four," from PIE root *kewtwor- (see four). Compare Latin quartarius "fourth part," also the name of a small liquid measure (the fourth part of a sextarius), which was about the same as an English pint.
中文词源
来源于拉丁语序数词quartus(第四)。
同源词:quarter, quartet, quarto
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:quart 词源,quart 含义。
液量单位,来自拉丁语quartus,四分之一,词源同four,quarter.即四分之一加仑。