Etymology: < Middle French hoccha (1576 in the passage translated in quot. 1585 at α. ), French †oquea (1628 in the passage corresponding to quot. 1653 at α. in the French translation of this text), oque (1653; also 1665 in the passage translated in quot. 1687 at β. ), †okka (1675 in the passage translated in quot. 1677 at α. ), †ocque (1723) < Turkish okka , of uncertain origin. Compare Italian occa (14th cent. as †oca ), Portuguese †oquea (1614 in the passage translated in quot. 1653 at α. ), oca (1873).The received etymology was < Arabic ūqiyya , apparently ultimately (via Aramaic u(n)qiya ) < ancient Greek οὐγκία < classical Latin uncia ounce n.¹ Redhouse clearly did not accept that the name of a weight of at most a few ounces could come to mean a weight of nearly 3 lbs.: compare:1890 J. W. Redhouse Turkish & Eng. Lexicon at Uqiyye 1. A weight of..about one ounce. 2. A weight of..about four and one half ounces. The Turkish word okka (2.83 lbs.) is supposed to be derived from this word.

Etymology: Shortened < okie n.²

Etymology: Shortened < OK adj. or OK int.¹