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Where does “accend” come from?

accend (English) comes from Latin accendere, from Latin accendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accend (English): To set on fire; to kindle

Definitions

  1. To set on fire; to kindle

Ancestry of “accend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaccenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
2LatinaccendoI kindle or light; I inflame or arouse
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →