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Where does “incarceratus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “incarceratus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincarcerareto imprison
2Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
3Old Latinenin
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incarceratus”

  • incarcerate
  • incarcerator
  • reincarcerate
  • incarcerable
  • disincarcerate
  • overincarcerate
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