Where does “ocarina” come from?
ocarina (French) comes from Italian ocarina, from Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish okka, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia — to inhabit.
ocarina (French): ocarina
Definitions
- ocarina
Ancestry of “ocarina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ocarina | ocarina |
| 2 | Italian | oca | goose; gander; goose, silly goose, airhead |
| 3 | French | oque | An oka: any of various units of mass formerly... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | okka | — |
| 5 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 6 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 8 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 9 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 10 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 11 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 12 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 14 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 15 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 16 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 17 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 18 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 19 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |