Editing Carat (mass) (section)

==Etymology==
First attested in English in the mid-15th century, the word ''carat'' comes from Italian ''carato'', which comes from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] (''qīrāṭ''; قيراط), in turn borrowed from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''kerátion'' κεράτιον '[[carob]] seed',<ref name=harper>{{OEtymD|carat|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name=Liddel>{{cite encyclopedia| url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkera%2Ftion| title= κεράτιον| first1= Henry George| last1= Liddell| first2= Robert| last2= Scott| encyclopedia= A Greek-English Lexicon| via= Perseus.Tufts.edu| access-date= 2021-02-20| archive-date= 2022-12-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221230220752/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkera%2Ftion| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | first= Walter W.| last= Skeat| year= 1888| url= https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00skeauoft | title= carat | encyclopedia= An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language| publisher= Henry Frowde| place= London| pages= 93–94}}</ref> a diminutive of ''keras'' 'horn'.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dke%2Fras| title= κέρας| first1= Henry George| last1= Liddell| first2= Robert| last2= Scott| encyclopedia= A Greek-English Lexicon| via= Perseus.Tufts.edu| access-date= 2021-02-20| archive-date= 2012-10-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121008220111/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=ke%2Fras| url-status= live}}</ref> It was a unit of weight, equal to 1/1728 (1/12{{sup|3}}) of a pound (see [[Mina (unit)]]).<ref name=Liddel/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url= https://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0122990#m_en_gb0122990 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100824022152/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0122990#m_en_gb0122990 | url-status= dead | archive-date= August 24, 2010 |title= carat| encyclopedia= Oxford Dictionaries| via=oxforddictionaries.com }}</ref><ref name=harper/>