onza

onza · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromū̆ncia
2. Spanish · borrowed fromonza“ounce, Spanish ounce”
3. English todayonza

From Spanish onza (“ounce, Spanish ounce”), from Latin ū̆ncia. Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

onza · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλύγξ“lynx”
2. Latin · derived fromlynx
3. Italian · derived fromlonza
4. Old French · derived fromlonce“lynx”
5. Middle French · derived fromonce
6. Spanish · borrowed fromonza
7. English todayonza

From Spanish onza, from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of lynx and ounce.

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