Where does “inċidenza” come from?
inċidenza (Maltese) comes from Italian incidenza, from Latin incidentia, from Latin incidō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inċidenza (Maltese): incidence
Definitions
- incidence
Ancestry of “inċidenza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | incidenza | the striking (of light etc.) upon a surface; incidence |
| 2 | Latin | incidentia | incident, occurrence, happening; incidence;... |
| 3 | Latin | incidō | to cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |