Where does “unga” come from?
unga (Italian) comes from Italian ungere, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
unga (Italian): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
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Ancestry of “unga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ungere | to oil, lubricate; to annoint; to flatter |
| 2 | Latin | ungō | — |
| 3 | Latin | unguō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ongʷō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |