2006-12-04 08:32:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well, that is the abbreviation for "libras" in Spanish
2006-12-04 10:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lb: the abbreviation of the Latin word ’libra’
Libra is pound and at the same time scales.
In earlier times the wages after a day’s work were given out not in money but in goods.
So every worker was given a weighed amount of whatever, e.g. potatoes.
Now think of old-fashioned scales with two pans (in German: Schalen; hence the word scales and in the plural) hanging from a horizontal, slightly bent rod.
The normal sign for pound (as money): £
It is a capital L, and the little streak in the middle represents the horizontal rod.
Great, isn’t it?
A doubly self-explaining pictogram! You are welcome!
2006-12-06 03:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lebrias-i think that is the right spelling, pounds is the english translation of this latin term in abbreviation Lb, once they translate it in english they never bother to translate the abbreviation also. its like in chemistry u know why Fe=iron ??? because ferrous is the latin term meaning iron but they never translate the abbreviation...
2006-12-04 08:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by dreamz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Libra is a Latin word for a unit of weight (equal to 327.45 grams according to Webster, less than a current US pound 454 grams) and also for the scales used to measure weight. The symbol of the astrological sign of the zodiac Libra is a scale as well.
2006-12-04 09:00:58 · answer #4 · answered by ceebrad 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it comes from a latin measurement and was translated into american english as pounds but the abbreaviation stayed the same
2006-12-04 08:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by nyrfan317 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋