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Where does “incendiary” come from?

Incendiary comes from Old French incendiaire, derived from Latin incendiarius, combining Latin in- with a root from Proto-Indo-European ne.

incendiary (English): Capable of, or used for, or actually causing...

Definitions

  1. Capable of, or used for, or actually causing...

Ancestry of “incendiary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchincendiaire—
2Latinincendiārius—
3LatinincendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;...
4Latinincendō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incendiary”

  • incendiarism
  • nonincendiary
  • anti-incendiary
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