Re: Uncia

From: Joachim Pense <spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:55:40 +0100

Am 18 Mar 2006 08:24:51 -0800 schrieb ton:

prefix for carcinogeneses). That the word was associated, to Roman
eyes, precisely to the twelfth fraction could be stimulated by the un-
and the -c- parts, which perhaps suggested to them a
popular-etymology-type link between uncia and un- (or duo-)decim (with

un- not duo. That's the point!

a k-sounding -c-), both beyond ten and around twelve. This intuition is
not only plausible, it may even describe the actual process that took
place historically. (Naturally, the un- in undecim is the Latin u:nus
(PIE oi-no-s), thus giving legitimacy to the OED suggestion.)

I get only eleven that way. "Beyond ten and around twelve"????

Joachim
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References:
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  - From: Harlan Messinger
- Re: Uncia
  - From: Brian M. Scott
- Re: Uncia
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