farasola

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noun

A unit of weight formerly used in trade in the Indian seas, generally varying from about 20 to 30 pounds.

OriginArabic فَرَاسِلَة (farāsila) ← Portuguese parcelabor.? ← French parcelle →
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Meanings

nounfarasola (plural farasolas)

plural farasolas · alternative farasula · alternative frasula · alternative farasila · alternative ferasilah · alternative frasila · alternative frazil · alternative frazell · alternative frail

  1. obsoleteA unit of weight formerly used in trade in the Indian seas, generally varying from about 20 to 30 pounds.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
frail

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  3. Proto-Italic*partis
  4. Latinpars
  5. Latinparticula
  6. Late Latinparticella
  7. Old Frenchparcelle
  8. Frenchparcelle
  9. Portugueseparcelabor.?
  10. Arabicفَرَاسِلَة (farāsila)
  11. Englishfarasola

From Arabic فَرَاسِلَة (farāsila), in some variants via Swahili frasila, of unclear origin, perhaps ultimately from Latin particella (“small portion”).

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APA

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