Where does “reincarnare” come from?

reincarnare (Italian) comes from Romanian reincarna, from French réincarner, from French ré-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

reincarnare (Italian): To reincarnate

Definitions

  1. To reincarnate

Ancestry of “reincarnare”, step by step

reincarnare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian reincarna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianreincarnato reincarnate
2Frenchréincarnerto reincarnate
3Frenchré-re-
4Latinrĕ-back, backwards
5Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
6Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
7Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Italian incarnare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianincarnareTo paint with the colour of flesh
2Late Latinincarno—
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “reincarnare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →