Where does “quintal” come from?
quintal (English) comes from Anglo-Norman quintal, from Middle French quintal, from Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium.
quintal (English): A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred...
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- A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred...
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