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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinungĕre—
2Latinungueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Italicongʷōto anoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint

Words derived from “unctāre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic ongʷō →Every word from Latin unguere →