Where does “incentief” come from?

incentief (Dutch) comes from English incentive, from Medieval Latin incentivus, from Latin incinere, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

incentief (Dutch): incentive

Definitions

  1. incentive

Ancestry of “incentief”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishincentiveSomething that motivates, rouses, or encourages;...
2Medieval Latinincentivusthat strikes up or sets the tune; that strikes...
3Latinincinerepresent active infinitive of incinō; to strike up
4Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
5LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti