Where does “oca” come from?
oca (Portuguese) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوقه, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
oca (Portuguese): a Native American hut, especially one made from...
Definitions
- a Native American hut, especially one made from...
Ancestry of “oca”, step by step
oca traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish اوقه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوقه | a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of... |
| 2 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 5 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 6 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 7 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 9 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 11 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 12 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 13 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 14 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |