Where does “thousandweight” come from?
thousandweight (English) comes from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
thousandweight (English): A measure of weight consisting of a thousand pounds
Definitions
- A measure of weight consisting of a thousand pounds
Ancestry of “thousandweight”, step by step
thousandweight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thousand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 2 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 3 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |