Etymology

ouguiya

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Today it means: The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums. Full definition →

French ouguiya ← Arabic أُوقِيَّة ← Latin ū̆ncia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromū̆ncia“ounce”
  2. Arabic · derived fromأُوقِيَّة
  3. French · borrowed fromouguiya
  4. English todayouguiya

Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin ū̆ncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah.

Words from the same roots

Arabicأُوقِيَّة all →

awqiyyah

Latinū̆ncia all →

inchounceuncialonzaonçauncia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.