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The Imperial and US customary measurement systems are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure.
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- ↑ Concise Oxford English Dictionary (5th edition; 1964). Oxford University Press.
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