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Where does “ungir” come from?

ungir (Spanish) comes from Latin ungĕre, from Latin unguere, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.

ungir (Spanish): to anoint

Definitions

  1. to anoint

Ancestry of “ungir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinungĕre—
2Latinungueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Italicongʷō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint
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