Where does “unco” come from?
unco (Esperanto) comes from Russian унция, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis — to turn.
unco (Esperanto): ounce
Definitions
- ounce
Ancestry of “unco”, step by step
unco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian унция
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | унция | ounce |
| 2 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 3 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 4 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 6 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 8 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 9 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 10 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 11 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 12 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German Unze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unze | ounce |
via Polish uncja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | uncja | ounce |