Where does “ouguiya” come from?
ouguiya (English) comes from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
ouguiya (English): The currency of Mauritania, divided into five...
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- The currency of Mauritania, divided into five...
Ancestry of “ouguiya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ouguiya | ouguiya currency of Mauritania |
| 2 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 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 |