Where does “quintal” come from?
quintal (Anglo-Norman) comes from Middle French quintal, from Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum.
quintal (Anglo-Norman): quintal
Ancestry of “quintal”, step by step