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Where does “ynce” come from?

ynce (Old English) comes from Germanic *unciju, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis — to turn.

Ancestry of “ynce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*unciju—
2LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
3Old Frenchloncelynx
4Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
5Vulgar Latinluncea—
6LatinlynxA lynx
7Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
8LatincanadensisCanadian
9Latin-ensisOf or from
10Latinarvumfield; farm land
11Latincolō—
12Latinquelō—
13Proto-Italickʷelō—
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
15Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “ynce”

  • instead
  • inch
  • wherein
  • therein
  • inflammation
  • inpatient
  • inwards
  • invalidate
  • insomuch
  • inbound
  • inflame
  • inflammable
  • plugin
  • innards
  • infill
  • inflaming
  • infilling
  • insole
  • ingoing
  • mixin
  • neuroinflammation
  • inchworm
  • inplane
  • indegree
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