unguent
4 synonyms for unguent, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A soothing cream put on the skin to treat a problem.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Unguent was borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), which goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Its cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)) and Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).
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