Where does “ignite” come from?
Ignite comes from Latin ignitus, the past participle of ignio, derived from ignis meaning fire, which traces to Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis.
ignite (English): to set fire to (something), to light (something)
Definitions
- to set fire to (something), to light (something)
Ancestry of “ignite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ignitus | ignited, set on fire |
| 2 | Latin | igniō | to ignite, set on fire |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “ignite”