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We have found lemma(root) word of ounces : ounce.
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[aʊns], (Noun)
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- a unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams)
(e.g: melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan)
- a very small amount of something
(e.g: Robyn summoned up every ounce of strength)
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Origin
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Old English ynse, yntse: from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’, subsequently reinforced by Old French unce; compare with inch
[aʊns], (Noun)
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Middle English: from Old French once, earlier lonce (the l- being misinterpreted as the definite article), from Italian lonza ‘panther’, based on Greek lunx (see lynx)
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