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Where does “semuncia” come from?

semuncia (Latin) comes from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis, from Latin -ensis — to turn.

semuncia (Latin): half-ounce

Definitions

  1. half-ounce

Ancestry of “semuncia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
2Old Frenchloncelynx
3Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
4Vulgar Latinluncea—
5LatinlynxA lynx
6Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
7LatincanadensisCanadian
8Latin-ensisOf or from
9Latinarvumfield; farm land
10Latincolō—
11Latinquelō—
12Proto-Italickʷelō—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “semuncia”

  • semuncia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →