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Greek · ancient
"a small weight, a letter"
a small weight, or a written letter
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French · 1790s
"the base unit of mass in the metric system"
adopted in French during the Revolution's creation of the metric system
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English · 1797
"the base unit of mass in the metric system"
settled as the English spelling for the small metric unit of mass
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