Where does “καντάρι” come from?
καντάρι (Greek) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
Ancestry of “καντάρι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 2 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 3 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 4 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 5 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “καντάρι”