Where does “incur” come from?
Incur comes from Middle English incurren, from Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere, meaning to run into or become liable to.
incur (English): to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to,...
Definitions
- to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to,...
Ancestry of “incur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | incurren | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | encurir | — |
| 3 | Old French | encorre | — |
| 4 | Latin | incurrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | incurro | I run into or towards; I attack, invade |
| 6 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 7 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |