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onza.

English or American ounce (a unit of mass equivalent to 28.35 g or 31.1 g)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈonθa/[ˈõn̟.θa]/ˈonsa/[ˈõn.sa]

  1. English or American ounce (a unit of mass equivalent to 28.35 g or 31.1 g)

    feminine

  2. clipping of onza líquida, the English or American fluid ounce (a unit of liquid volume equivalent to 28.4 or 29.6 mL)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  3. onza, Spanish ounce (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 28.76 g)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin ūnicus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin uncia Spanish onza Inherited from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ Roman pound”), from ūnicus + -ia. As an English unit, a calque of ounce. Cognate with Galician onza, Portuguese onça, Catalan unça, French once, Italian oncia, and English ounce and inch.

noun/ˈonθa/[ˈõn̟.θa]/ˈonsa/[ˈõn.sa]

  1. ounce (any large wild feline)

    dated · feminine

  2. cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

    feminine

  3. jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

    Honduras · Nicaragua · Venezuela · feminine

  4. weasel (Mustela spp.)

    Guatemala · Mexico · feminine

  5. jaguar (Panthera onca)

    Bolivia · feminine

  6. onza (cryptid feline in Mexican folklore)

    Mexico · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *lú(n)ḱs Proto-Hellenic *lúnks Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx)bor. Latin lynx Vulgar Latin *luncea? Italian lonzabor. Old French lonceder. Middle French oncebor. Spanish onza Borrowed from Middle French once, from Old French lonce, borrowed from Italian lonza, possibly from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, borrowed from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lú(n)ḱs, from *lewk-. Doublet of lince.

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