Where does “incubate” come from?

incubate (Italian) comes from Italian incubare, from Latin incubāre.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “incubate”, step by step

incubate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian incubare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincubareto incubate
2Latinincubāre—

via Italian incubato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincubatopast participle of incubare
Every word from Latin incubāre →Every word from Italian incubare →