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inchEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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 ? Ancient Greek ὀγκία (onkía)bor.? Latin unciabor. Proto-West Germanic *unciju Old English ynċe Middle English ynche English inch From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin ū̆ncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
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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 ? Ancient Greek ὀγκία (onkía)bor.? Latin unciabor. Proto-West Germanic *unciju Old English ynċe Middle English ynche English inch From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin ū̆ncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗inchEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Old Irish inse Middle Irish insebor. Early Scots ynche Middle Scots inch Scots inchbor. English inch Borrowed from Scots inch, from Middle Scots inch, form Early Scots ynche, from Middle Irish inse, oblique form of inis, from Old Irish inis, from Proto-Celtic *enistī.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗inchEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Semantic loan from Cantonese 寸 (cyun³, “inch”), which is an alternative form of 串 (cyun³, “cocky; to provoke; etc.”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- InchEnglish · e-38538-5153
Inch, insh, n. the twelfth part of a foot: proverbially, a small distance or degree: (Shak.) a critical moment.—v.i. to move by slow degrees.—adj. Inched, containing inches: marked with inches.—adv. Inch′meal, by inches
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Inch, insh, n. an island. [Gael, innis, an island.]
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