Added 10 October 2026
unguent
/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/ noun
Latin root: unguentum Wiktionary
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- Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
adjective
Origin
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”).
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