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Where does “incensamento” come from?

incensamento (Italian) comes from Italian incensare, from Medieval Latin incenso, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

incensamento (Italian): censing; adulation, flattery

Definitions

  1. censing; adulation, flattery

Ancestry of “incensamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincensareto cense, perfume with incense; to flatter
2Medieval LatinincensoI perfume with incense; inflection of...
3Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
4Latinincendō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →