Where does “incurren” come from?
incurren (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman encurir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere, from Latin incurro, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “incurren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | encurir | — |
| 2 | Old French | encorre | — |
| 3 | Latin | incurrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | incurro | I run into or towards; I attack, invade |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |