Corpora: At sign

From: Dilworth B. Parkinson (Dilworth_Parkinson@byu.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 16:41:07 MET DST

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In regard to French arobas and Spanish arroba, in a separate
discussion on another list, Devin Stewart of Emory University sent in
the following contribution:

It might interest people to know that the name for @ in Spanish is
actually of Arabic origin:
@ in Spanish is arroba < Ar. ar-rub3
originally meaning 25 pounds, or one quarter of a qinTaar > Sp. quintal.

Dil Parkinson

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