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litra
Greek · ancient
"a unit of weight"
a unit of weight, later adapted for a unit of liquid volume
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litre
French · 1790s
"the base unit of volume in the metric system"
adopted in French during the Revolution's creation of the metric system
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liter
English · 1810
"the base unit of volume in the metric system"
settled as the English spelling for the metric unit of liquid volume
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