Where does “incandescent” come from?
incandescent (French) comes from Latin incandescens, from Latin incandesco, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incandescent (French): incandescent
Definitions
- incandescent
Ancestry of “incandescent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | incandescens | glowing or causing to glow; kindling or causing... |
| 2 | Latin | incandesco | I grow warm; I glow or kindle |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |