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(fisica) dalla contrazione di qu(estion m)ark, cioè "punto interrogativo; da "three quarks for Muster Mark", una frase senza senso del romanzoFinnegans Wake di James Joyce.
(formaggio) documentato dal XIV secolo, proviene dall'alto tedesco medio twarc, quarg, zwarg che a sua volta ha origine dal serbo twarog. In altre lingue: polacco twaróg, russo: tworog, lingua ceca tvaroh). L’ulteriore provenienza è sconosciuta.