Where does “بوصة” come from?

بوصة (Arabic) comes from French pouce, from Old French pouce, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

بوصة (Arabic): singulative of بُوص; inch

Definitions

  1. singulative of بُوص; inch

Ancestry of “بوصة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoucethumb; inch
2Old Frenchpoucethumb
3Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
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