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ounce

The twelfth of a Roman pound, ūncia, came through French as ounce, while the same word had already reached Old English as inch. Greek and Aramaic passed it to Arabic as ūqiyya, and Dutch carried ons to Japan.

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From Latin to Koine Greek, Arabic

From Old French to French

From Latin to Spanish

From Latin to Italian

From Latin to Portuguese

From Latin to German

From Latin to Middle Dutch, Dutch, Japanese

From Latin to Russian

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