quintal

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  • Noun:
    a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
    a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

Word Origin

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).

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