myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of oncia

Etymology of the Italian word oncia

the Italian word oncia

derived from the Latin word uncia (twelfth part, twelfth; ounce)

derived from the Latin word unus (one; alone, a single, sole)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *oi-no-

Catalan unsa, Dutch ounce, Dutch onca, English ounce, French once, German unwirsch, German Unze, Icelandic únsa, Italian lonza, Latin uncia, Provençal onsa, Spanish onza, Swedish uns