Where does “incentive” come from?

incentive (Latin) comes from Latin incentivus, from Latin incinō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

incentive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of incentīvus

Definitions

vocative masculine singular of incentīvus

Ancestry of “incentive”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	incentivus	that strikes up, sets the tune; tibia, the treble...
2	Latin	incinō	to blow or sound, to sing
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →