What you know as an inch was originally what?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

The English word inch comes from ther Latin uncia, meaning one twelfth part. In some languages the word inch is similar to the word thumb. So in English the word 'ynche' was defined as the width of an average mans thumb

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∙ 14y ago

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