Where does “Ozite” come from?
Ozite (English) comes from English oz, from Italian oz., from Italian onza, from Italian oncia, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
Ozite (English): An inhabitant of the fictional Land of Oz,...
Definitions
- An inhabitant of the fictional Land of Oz,...
Ancestry of “Ozite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oz | Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of... |
| 2 | Italian | oz. | Abbreviation of onza, obsolete spelling of oncia |
| 3 | Italian | onza | — |
| 4 | Italian | oncia | ounce; inch |
| 5 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 6 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 7 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 9 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 11 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 12 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 13 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 14 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |