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Where does “incarcerare” come from?

incarcerare (Latin) comes from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

incarcerare (Latin): to imprison

Definitions

  1. to imprison

Ancestry of “incarcerare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
2Old Latinenin
3Proto-Italicenin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incarcerare”

  • incarcerate
  • incarcerator
  • reincarcerate
  • incarcerable
  • disincarcerate
  • overincarcerate
  • incarceratus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →