English
geepound
From gee + pound; see gee (“gravity”).
Latin pondō ‘by weight’
Proto-Germanic *pundą ‘pound, weight’
Proto-West Germanic *pund ‘pound (weight)’
Old English pund ‘a pound, weight’
Middle English pound ‘a measurement for weight, most notably the…’
English pound
Today it means
noun Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / geepound