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English

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Etymology

    Clipping of uncle.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    unc (plural uncs)

    1. (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.
      • 2024 March 11, Kyle Swenson, Amber Ferguson, “A TikToker raised $400K for an unhoused man. Then things got messy.”, in The Washington Post‎:
        Yo, TikTok, we need to raise money for Unc.

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    Middle English

    Pronoun

    unc

    1. Alternative form of unk

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    unc

    1. accusative/dative of wit: (to) us two
      • "The Wife's Lament"
        Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
        The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

    Old High German

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *unkwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).

    Noun

    unc m

    1. snake
    2. toad

    Descendants

    • German: Unke
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