![]() It was a unit of weight, equal to 1/1728 (1/12 3) of a pound (see Mina (unit)). First attested in English in the mid-15th century, the word carat comes from Italian carato, which comes from Arabic qīrāṭ قيراط, in turn borrowed from Greek kerátion κεράτιον ' carob seed', a diminutive of keras 'horn'.
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