The grandmother A0 and childeren. Successive paper sizes in the series A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, and so forth, are defined by halving the preceding paper size along the larger dimension. Each format is cut into two equal pieces. In other words, the height of A1 is the width of A0 and the width of A1 is half the height of A0.
The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study, or interest. A bailiwick (German: âBalleiâ) was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order. Here, various âKomtur(en)â formed a Ballei province.
Land of the Scots, from Old English Scottas, inhabitants of Ireland.. Old English borrowed the word from late Latin Scotti, of unknown origin. It may possibly have come from an Irish term of scorn, scuit. After the departure of the Romans from Britain in 423, an Irish tribe invaded Scotland, and the name came with them.