Citations:quintal


 * 1882, Abram Smythe Palmer, Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy (G. Bell and Sons), page 311, “ Quintal ”
 * Quintal, a term for an hundred pound weight (Bailey), French and Sp. quintal, It. quintale, have no connexion with Lat. quintus, but are derived from Arab. kinṭār (qinṭār) of the same meaning. This latter word (adds Prof. Skeat) is from Lat. centum a hundred.