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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

  1. The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...

Ancestry of “uncia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “uncia”

  • instead
  • inch
  • wherein
  • therein
  • inflammation
  • ounce
  • inpatient
  • inwards
  • invalidate
  • insomuch
  • inbound
  • inflame
  • inflammable
  • plugin
  • innards
  • infill
  • inflaming
  • infilling
  • uncial
  • quincunx
  • insole
  • ingoing
  • mixin
  • neuroinflammation
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