Can someone PLEASE answer this?

[respectmeordye3]

I have been searching the web for the answer and haven't been able to find it yet, so I was hoping maybe posting my question here might help. My question is this...

"Why do we use LBS. as a measurement for pounds? I mean after all--there are no L's or B's in the word "pounds" and the only S is at the end of the word---so why do we use L, B, and S when it seemingly makes no sense to?"

[Kash Flagg]

Latin for ""libra pondo" which is pound.

[Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa]

The Latin word libra means “scales, balances" and it also describes a Roman unit of mass similar to a pound, so instead of using pendere, which is the literal Latin word for "pound", we just use "lb". Mostly because it's easier to write than "pdr".

There you go.