Where does “untar” come from?
untar (Old Spanish) comes from Latin unctāre, from Latin ungĕre, from Latin unguere, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
Ancestry of “untar”, step by step
untar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin unctāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | unctāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | ungĕre | — |
| 3 | Latin | unguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ongʷō | to anoint |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |
via Late Latin uncto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | uncto | — |