unguent

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃engʷ-“to salve, anoint”
2. Latin · borrowed fromunguentum“ointment”
3. English todayunguent

Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).

Words from the same roots