Etymology of the English word pennyweight
the English word
pennyweightderived from the English word
pennyderived from the English word
weightderived from the English word
wightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekti-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wekhtizDerivations in other languages
Italian
pennyweightUsage
Word found in Modern English
