embrocate

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμβροχή“lotion, fomentation”
2. Late Latin · derived fromembrocare
3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromembrocatus
4. English todayembrocate

From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”).