E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Residence or place of abode; as, winter quarters, the place
where an army lodges during the winter months. We say this
quarter of the town, meaning this district or part; the French
speak of the Latin Quartieri.e. the district or part of Paris
where the medical schools, etc., are located; the Belgians speak
of quartiers à louer, lodgings to let; and bachelors in England
often say, Come to my quartersi.e. apartments. All these are
from the French verb écarter (to set apart). There shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven
seen in all thy quarters [any of thy houses].Exodus xiii. 2.