Where does “incendiarist” come from?
incendiarist (English) comes from English incendiary, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius, from Latin incendium, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “incendiarist”, step by step
incendiarist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incendiary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incendiary | Capable of, or used for, or actually causing... |
| 2 | Old French | incendiaire | — |
| 3 | Latin | incendiārius | causing a conflagration, setting on fire |
| 4 | Latin | incendium | A fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;... |
| 5 | Latin | incendō | to set on fire, burn, kindle |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |