Where does “agunga” come from?

agunga (Macanese) comes from Macanese unga, from Old Portuguese ũa, from Latin una, from Latin unus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

agunga (Macanese): any, some

Definitions

  1. any, some

Ancestry of “agunga”, step by step

agunga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Macanese unga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macaneseungaa, an, one
2Old Portugueseũafeminine singular of ũu
3Latinunanominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus;...
4Latinunusone, single; alone; one; 1
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Macanese pt:algum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macanesept:algum—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Old Latin oinos →