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Where does “ܠܝܛܪܐ” come from?

ܠܝܛܪܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā.

ܠܝܛܪܐ (Classical Syriac): libra, pound

Definitions

  1. libra, pound

Ancestry of “ܠܝܛܪܐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitrelitre
2Medieval Latinlitra—
3Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
4Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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