Where does “incarnat” come from?
incarnat (French) comes from Italian incarnato, from Latin incarnātus, from Latin incarnō, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
incarnat (French): carnation
Ancestry of “incarnat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | incarnato | masculine singular past participle of incarnare;... |
| 2 | Latin | incarnātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | incarnō | — |
| 4 | Latin | carō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |