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Where does “incendiarius” come from?

incendiarius (Latin) comes from Latin incendium, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “incendiarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinincendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;...
2Latinincendō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →