Where does “untar” come from?

untar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese untar, from Latin unctāre, from Latin ungĕre, from Latin unguere, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

untar (Portuguese): to smear; to spread

Definitions

  1. to smear; to spread

Ancestry of “untar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseuntar—
2Latinunctāre—
3Latinungĕre—
4Latinungueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Italicongʷōto anoint
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic ongʷō →Every word from Latin unguere →