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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincarnatomasculine singular past participle of incarnare;...
2Latinincarnātus—
3Latinincarnō—
4Latincarō—
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
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