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Where does “incarnational” come from?

Incarnational derives from English incarnation, which comes from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, the noun form of Latin incarnare, meaning to make flesh, from in- plus carne.

incarnational (English): Pertaining to incarnation, particularly the...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to incarnation, particularly the...

Ancestry of “incarnational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishincarnationAn incarnate being or form; A living being...
2Middle Englishincarnacion—
3Old Frenchincarnacionincarnation
4Ecclesiastical Latinincarnatioincarnation; the Incarnation
5Latinincarnaripresent passive infinitive of incarnō; be made...
6Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
7Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
8Old Latinenin
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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