Scruple comes from scrupulus， a Latin word for a small stone or pebble. Historically， a scruple was also an old apothecaries’ measurement equal to 1/24th of an ounce . In the early 17th century scruple also came to be used as another name for 1/60th of a degree of a circle ， 1/60th of a minute ， and 1/60th of a day .“Scruple”源自拉丁语中的“scrupulus”。
