The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*óynos“one”
- Latin · derived fromū̆ncia“unit, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₂</small> pound”
- Portuguese · borrowed fromonça
- English todayonça
From Portuguese onça, from Latin ū̆ncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia
Words from the same roots
Latinū̆ncia all →
inchounceouguiyauncialonzauncia
Proto-Indo-European*óynos all →
inchunityounce
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.