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Where does “untuoso” come from?

untuoso (Italian) comes from Italian unto, from Latin unctum, from Latin unctus, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

untuoso (Italian): greasy, oily, unctuous

Definitions

  1. greasy, oily, unctuous

Ancestry of “untuoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuntopast participle of ungere; past participle of...
2Latinunctumnominative neuter singular of ūnctus; accusative...
3Latinunctusanointed; greasy, oily
4Latinungō—
5Latinunguō—
6Proto-Italicongʷō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint

Words derived from “untuoso”

  • untuosità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- →