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