Teo  +  240880 Wed, 28 Jun 06 03:18 PM When pound is used as a unit of weight, it is abbreviated as lb. When it is used as a unit of money, it is abgreviated like a cursive capital L. What are the original words for lb, and L? Teo Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004 Taiwan Contributing Member 1,631 Thank you very much for your reply.

	Teo  +  240894 Wed, 28 Jun 06 03:53 PM http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pou1.htm [Q] From Andrea: “Why are pounds, when used as a weight, abbreviated lbs?” The origin is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound. Teo