Etymograph

English

inunct

Inunct comes from Latin inunctus ‘smeared, anointed, rich’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃engʷ-‘anoint’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ongʷō‘to anoint’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEungō‘anoint’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEunguōold form of ungō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinunguōas inunguere, perfect passive participle‘to anoint’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinunctus‘smeared, anointed, rich’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1901inunct

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃engʷ-‘anoint’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ongʷō‘to anoint’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEungō‘anoint’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEunguōold form of ungō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinunguōas inunguere, perfect passive participle‘to anoint’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinunctus‘smeared, anointed, rich’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1901inunct

Earliest quotation: 1901, The Medical Standard - Volume 24: “The contents of one of these is to be…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- ‘anoint’

ointment, unctuous, 7 more

through Latin ungō ‘anoint’

anoint, unction, 1 more

Today it means

verb To smear with ointment.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- / inunct

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