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Meaningto anoint

Common meaning: act of anointing or an affected earnestness

Journey through time

  1. Latinungere‘to anoint’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsto anoint → anointingunctio‘anointing’source
  3. Old Frenchonction‘anointing’source
  4. Englishunction‘act of anointing or an affected earnestness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin ungere ‘to anoint’.

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