Where does “incendiaire” come from?
incendiaire (French) comes from Latin incendiārius, from Latin incendium, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incendiaire (French): incendiary; arsonist; pyromaniac
Definitions
- incendiary; arsonist; pyromaniac
Ancestry of “incendiaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | incendiārius | causing a conflagration, setting on fire |
| 2 | Latin | incendium | A fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;... |
| 3 | Latin | incendō | to set on fire, burn, kindle |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |