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Marcus Terrentius Varro wrote, in De Re Rustica in the 1st book in the 10th chapter, that "vorsum" was a unit of length used in Campania, and that in their language "vor" means "hundred" and that "sum" means "feet". Which language was that?

by /u/FlatAssembler in /r/AskHistorians

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