Where does “quintalejo” come from?
quintalejo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
quintalejo (Portuguese): quintalejo, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg
Definitions
- quintalejo, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg
Ancestry of “quintalejo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quintal | yard; quintal |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quintale | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 4 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 5 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 6 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 7 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 8 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |