Where does “quintal” come from?
quintal (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
quintal (Portuguese): yard; quintal
Definitions
- yard; quintal
Ancestry of “quintal”, step by step
quintal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Medieval Latin quintale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | quintale | — |
| 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- | — |
via Old Portuguese quintãal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | quintãal | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *quintanālem | — |