Where does “onc” come from?

onc (French) comes from Old French unc, from Latin umquam, from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

onc (French): one day; never

Definitions

  1. one day; never

Ancestry of “onc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchunc—
2Latinumquamat any time, ever
3Latinquamin what way, to what degree; how, how much, as...
4Proto-Italickʷoiwho, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷoi →Every word from Latin quam →