unc
See also: UNC
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
unc (plural uncs)
- (colloquial) uncle
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle English
Pronoun
unc
- Alternative form of unk
References
- “unk (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Old English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
unc
- accusative/dative of wit: (to) us two
Old High German
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun
unc m
Descendants
- German: Unke
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