escrópulo

Senso (Inglese)

escropulo, Portuguese scruple, a small traditional unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/isˈkɾɔ.pu.lu/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da latino: scrūpulus

Affine spagnolo: escrúpulo

In summary

From Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, ¹⁄₂₄ uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of escrúpulo. Cognate with Spanish escrúpulo.