Etymology

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Today it means: The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos. Full definition →

Portuguese metical ← Arabic مِثْقَال
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمِثْقَال“weight”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed frommetical
  3. English todaymetical

Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal

Words from the same roots

Arabicمِثْقَال all →

mithqal

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