Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams. · A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams. · A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres. · A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin ū̆ncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
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- Inherited-form mentionounceenm
- Derivation mentiononcefrm
- Derivation mentionū̆nciala · Roman ounce, various similar units
- Derivation mention*óynosine-pro
- Doublet mentionaen
- Doublet mentiononeen
- Doublet mentioninchen
- Doublet mentionunciaen
- Doublet mentiononçaen
- Doublet mentiononzaen
- Doublet mentionokaen
- Doublet mentionouguiyaen
- Doublet mentionawqiyyahen
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