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Where does “perungens” come from?

perungens (Latin) comes from Latin perungo, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

perungens (Latin): anointing

Definitions

  1. anointing

Ancestry of “perungens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinperungoI anoint, besmear
2Latinungō—
3Latinunguō—
4Proto-Italicongʷō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint
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