Where does “incarnate” come from?

incarnate (Italian) 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.

incarnate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “incarnate”, step by step

incarnate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian incarnato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincarnatomasculine singular past participle of incarnare;...
2Latinincarnātushaving been made incarnate
3Latinincarnōto make or become incarnate; to make into flesh
4Latincarōflesh, meat of an animal
5Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Italian incarnare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianincarnareTo paint with the colour of flesh
2Late Latinincarno
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-
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