ProbableNamed from the place
troy grain
noun · first attested Middle English
Gold is weighed in units named for a market town in Champagne.
The smallest unit of troy weight, one 5,760th of a troy pound, about 64.8 milligrams.
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- Middle English
- Part of speech
- noun
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Troyes
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troy grain
Troy weight is generally traced to the fairs at Troyes in northeastern France, a hub of medieval European trade, and English records use the system from the 14th century. The grain began as the weight of a barleycorn and is the one unit that troy and avoirdupois still share exactly.
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