Where does “unctāre” come from?
unctāre (Latin) comes from Latin ungĕre, from Latin unguere, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
Ancestry of “unctāre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ungĕre | — |
| 2 | Latin | unguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ongʷō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |