Etymology

rotl

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Arabic رُطْل ← Ancient Greek λίτρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίτρα
  2. Arabic · derived fromرُطْل
  3. English todayrotl

From Arabic رُطْل (ruṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

Words from the same roots

Arabicرُطْل all →

rotolorotalrottol

Ancient Greekλίτρα all →

litrerattlerotoloarratellitrarotalrottol

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.