Where does “قيراط” come from?

قيراط (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic قِيرَاط, from Ancient Greek κεράτιον, from Ancient Greek κέρας, from Proto-Hellenic *kérats.

قيراط (Hijazi Arabic): carat (measure of purity of gold), pure gold being 24 carats

Definitions

  1. carat (measure of purity of gold), pure gold being 24 carats

Ancestry of “قيراط”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقِيرَاطcarat; husk
2Ancient Greekκεράτιονsmall horn; carat, 1⁄1728 of a pound; a Byzantine...
3Ancient Greekκέραςhorn; horn as a material, or anything made of...
4Proto-Hellenic*kérats—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kérats →Every word from Ancient Greek κέρας →Every word from Ancient Greek κεράτιον →