Where does “incentiveless” come from?
incentiveless (English) comes from English incentive, from Medieval Latin incentivus, from Latin incinere, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
incentiveless (English): Without an incentive; unmotivated
Definitions
- Without an incentive; unmotivated
Ancestry of “incentiveless”, step by step
incentiveless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incentive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incentive | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages;... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | incentivus | that strikes up or sets the tune; that strikes... |
| 3 | Latin | incinere | present active infinitive of incinō; to strike up |
| 4 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |