Where does “untos” come from?
untos (Romanian) comes from Late Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctum, from Latin unctus, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
untos (Romanian): buttery
Ancestry of “untos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | unctuosus | — |
| 2 | Latin | unctum | nominative neuter singular of ūnctus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | unctus | anointed; greasy, oily |
| 4 | Latin | ungō | — |
| 5 | Latin | unguō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ongʷō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |