system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is the weight unit "pounds" abbreviated "lbs" instead of something else that makes sense?
gpt
It comes from Latin. Pounds were originally "libra," which is actually short for "libra pondo," which means "weight pound."

Bonus: this is also why the symbol for the British currency, the Pound, is an L, as in £.