Where does “quintal” come from?
quintal (Middle French) comes from Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
quintal (Middle French): quintal
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