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  (ouns)
n.
1. Abbr. oz
a. unit of weight in the US Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 437.5 grains (28.35 grams).
b. unit of apothecary weight, equal to 480 grains (31.103 grams). See Table at measurement.
2. fluid ounce. See Table at measurement.
3. tiny bit: not an ounce of sympathy.

[Middle English uncefrom Old French, from Latin ūnciasee oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

oi-no- / Indo-European roots

oi-no-

One, unique.

 Derivatives include once, atone, union, universe, any.

I. Basic form *oi-no-.
1. a. a1an1onceonealoneanonatonelonelonelynone from Old English ān, one; b. eleven from Old English endleofan, eleven, from Germanic compound *ain-lif-, "one left (beyond ten)" eleven (*lif-, left over; see leikw-); c. einkornturnverein from Old High German ein, one. a-c all from Germanic *ainaz.
2. uni-unionuniteunitycoadunatetriuneunanimousunicornuniverseununhexiumununpentiumununquadiumununtrium from Latin ūnus, one.
3. indricothere from Old Russian inŭ, one.
4. Latin nōn, not (< *ne-oinom, "not one thing"; see ne)
II. Suffixed form *oino-ko-a. any from Old English ǣnig, one, anyone, from Germanic *ainigazb. unique from Latin ūnicus, sole, single; c. inch1ounce1uncialquincunx from Latin ūncia, one twelfth of a unit..
III. Suffixed form *oino-lo- in Latin ūllus (see ne)

[Pokorny 3. D. e- 281.]



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