quintal

英 ['kwɪnt(ə)l] 美 ['kwɪntl]
  • n. 公担（等于100公斤）
  • n. (Quintal)人名；(葡)金塔尔；(法)坎塔尔
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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).