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unguento.

unguent (a cream containing medicine)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ũˈɡwẽ.tu/Brazil/ũˈɡwẽ.tu/Portugal
  1. unguent (a cream containing medicine)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ Latin unguen Latin unguentumslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese enguento Portuguese unguento Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enguento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin unguentum (“ointment”). Cognate with Galician ungüento.

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