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(ouns)n.
1. Abbr. oz
a. A unit of weight in the US Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 437.5 grains (28.35 grams).
2. A fluid ounce. See Table at measurement.
3. A tiny bit: not an ounce of sympathy.
oi-no- / Indo-European roots
Examples of words with the root oi-no-: an, anon, any, coadunate, einkorn, eleven, inch, indricotherium, none, once, one, ouguiya, ounce, triune, turnverein, unanimous, uncial, undecillion, uni-, unicorn, union, unique, unite, unity, universe, ununhexium, ununoctium, ununpentium, ununquadium, ununseptium.
oi-no-
One, unique.
▲ Derivatives include once, atone, union, universe, any.
I. Basic form *oi-no-.
1. a. a1, an1, once, one; alone, anon, atone, lone, lonely, none 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. einkorn, turnverein from Old High German ein, one. a-c all from Germanic *ainaz.
2. uni-, union, unite, unity; coadunate, triune, unanimous, unicorn, universe, ununhexium, ununpentium, ununquadium, ununtrium 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 *ainigaz; b. unique from Latin ūnicus, sole, single; c. inch1, ounce1, uncial; quincunx 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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