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 | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |