Where does “untar” come from?

untar (Catalan) comes from Latin unctāre, from Latin ungĕre, from Latin unguere, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

untar (Catalan): to anoint; to smear; to bribe

Definitions

  1. to anoint; to smear; to bribe

Ancestry of “untar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinunctāre
2Latinungĕre
3Latinungueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Italicongʷōto anoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint

Words derived from “untar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ-Every word from Proto-Italic ongʷōEvery word from Latin unguere
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