英语词汇quintal的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	quintal
词源	quintal n. "a unit of weight equal to a hundred pounds," c. 1400, quintale (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), 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). Entries linking to quintal centenary adj. 1640s, "relation to or consisting of 100 years," from Latin centenarius "of a hundred, relating to a hundred," from centenai "a hundred each," from centum "hundred" (see hundred). As a noun, c. 1600 as "period of 100 years;" 1788 as "a hundredth anniversary, commemoration or celebration of a hundredth anniversary." The usual British word in this sense for the American centennial. updated on March 16, 2021
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quintal n.