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Where does “incite” come from?

incite (French) comes from French inciter, from Latin incitāre.

incite (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “incite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinciterto urge; to impel
2Latinincitāre—
Every word from Latin incitāre →