Where does “inculcate” come from?

Inculcate comes from Latin inculcatus, the past participle of inculco, composed of the Latin prefix in- and a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning "in" with the agent suffix -ós.

inculcate (English): To teach by repeated instruction; To induce...

Definitions

  1. To teach by repeated instruction; To induce...

Ancestry of “inculcate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininculcātustrampled in, tread down, having been trampled in
2Latininculcōto trample in, tread down
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inculcate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →