Where does “incarnation” come from?
Incarnation comes from Middle English incarnacion, from Old French incarnacion, from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, derived from Latin incarnare meaning "to make flesh," from in- "in" plus incarno "to flesh," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- "to cut or separate."
incarnation (English): An incarnate being or form; A living being...
Definitions
- An incarnate being or form; A living being...
Ancestry of “incarnation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | incarnacion | — |
| 2 | Old French | incarnacion | incarnation |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | incarnatio | incarnation; the Incarnation |
| 4 | Latin | incarnari | present passive infinitive of incarnō; be made... |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “incarnation”