Where does “incinerator” come from?
Incinerator comes from Latin incineratus, past participle of incinerare meaning to reduce to ashes, derived from cinis meaning ash, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ken-.
incinerator (English): A furnace that burns refuse
Definitions
- A furnace that burns refuse
Ancestry of “incinerator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | incinerate | to destroy by burning; Reduced to ashes by... |
| 2 | Latin | incinerātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | incinerō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “incinerator”