Where does “incarnate” come from?
Incarnate comes from Latin incarnatus, formed from Latin in- plus Latin carnatus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to cut" and "being."
incarnate (English): Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a...
Definitions
- Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a...
Ancestry of “incarnate”, step by step
incarnate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | incarnatus | having been made incarnate |
| 2 | Latin | incarnor | — |
| 3 | Latin | carō | flesh, meat of an animal |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |