Noun: onza
Gender: f
Hyphenation: on‧za
| Singular f | onza |
| Plural f | onzas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like onza
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ís?
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
4. Proto-Italic *oinos
5. Old Latin oinos
6. Latin ūnus
7. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
8. Proto-Italic *-ikos
9. Latin -icus
10. Latin ūnicus
11. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
12. Proto-Italic *-ijos
13. Proto-Italic *-ios
14. Old Latin -ios
15. Latin -ius
16. Latin -ia
17. Latin uncia
18. Spanish onza
19. 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. See: Galician Nouns '
onza', Portuguese Nouns '
onça', Catalan Nouns '
unça', French Nouns '
once', Italian Nouns '
oncia', English Nouns '
ounce'.
Verbs referencing "onza"
Portuguese Nouns
onça, English Nouns
onza, Galician Nouns
onza.
Translations