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Where does “unguō” come from?
unguō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
Ancestry of “unguō”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Italic
ongʷō
to anoint
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₃engʷ-
to smear, to anoint
Words derived from “unguō”
ointment
unction
anoint
unctuous
unguent
oint
anointment
unctuously
inunction
unctuousness
anointest
anointeth
onguent
unguinous
unguentous
unguentary
ointmentlike
ununctuous
unguen
unguens
uncturus
unguendus
ungō
ongaid
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