Where does “anoint” come from?
Anoint comes from Middle English enointen, from Old French enoint and enoindre meaning to smear or rub with oil, from Latin inungere, composed of the prefix in- and the root in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne.
anoint (English): To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous...
Definitions
- To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous...
Ancestry of “anoint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | enointen | — |
| 2 | Old French | enoint | — |
| 3 | Old French | enoindre | to anoint |
| 4 | Latin | inungo | anoint |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “anoint”