liter
The origin and history of liter.
Etymology
The word comes from the Old French litron. A colourful story crediting the coinage to an inventor named Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre is a hoax that has sometimes been repeated as if it were true.
The origin and history of liter.
The word comes from the Old French litron. A colourful story crediting the coinage to an inventor named Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre is a hoax that has sometimes been repeated as if it were true.
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