Where does “unsuros” come from?

unsuros (Romanian) comes from Romanian unsoare, from Romanian uns, from Romanian unge, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

unsuros (Romanian): greasy

Definitions

  1. greasy

Ancestry of “unsuros”, step by step

unsuros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian unsoare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianunsoareointment, grease, salve
2Romanianunscovered with a fatty substance
3Romanianungeto smear
4Latinungōto anoint, smear with oil, grease
5Latinunguō—
6Proto-Italicongʷōto anoint
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint

via Romanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “unsuros”

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