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