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Mar 17, 2017 at 23:21 comment added chiliNUT also mentioned here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_(metrology)
Mar 17, 2017 at 14:42 comment added maz In French it also (and more frequently) means "stallion".
Mar 17, 2017 at 14:32 vote accept JermDavis
Mar 17, 2017 at 14:29 comment added Dmytro Shevchenko From the linked page: "Origin Early 20th century: from French étalon, literally ‘standard of measurement’." — which is the same meaning as this word has in Russian :)
Mar 17, 2017 at 14:20 history answered Steve McGill CC BY-SA 3.0