hundredweight的词源

英文词源

quintal (n.)

"a weight of a hundred pounds," c. 1400, from Old French quintal "hundredweight," and directly from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic quintar, from Late Greek kentenarion, from Latin centenarius "containing a hundred" (see centenary).

中文词源

hundredweight：英担

hundred,百，weight,重量，此处指磅。即百磅。

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