Proto-Indo-European

*óynos

‘one’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *óynos, most familiar first.

• inch ← ynche ← ynċe ← *unciju ← ū̆ncia
• unity ← unite ← unité ← ūnitās
• ounce ← once ← ū̆ncia
• nullity ← nullité ← nūllitās ← nūllus ← *noinolos
• aonach ← óenach ← óen ← *oinos
• onça ← ū̆ncia

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *óynos