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Where does “incentivus” come from?

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

incentivus (Latin): that strikes up, sets the tune; tibia, the treble...

Definitions

  1. that strikes up, sets the tune; tibia, the treble...

Ancestry of “incentivus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincinō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incentivus”

  • incentive
  • disincentive
  • incentivize
  • incentivise
  • incentivization
  • counterincentive
  • incentively
  • incentiveless
  • incentify
  • misincentive
  • eco-incentive
  • reincentivize
  • disincentivization
  • incentive
  • incentivo
  • incentief
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