Where does “incarnation” come from?
incarnation (Middle French) comes from Old French incarnacion, from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Latin incarnari, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incarnation (Middle French): Incarnation. Specifically, the incarnation of God...
Definitions
- Incarnation. Specifically, the incarnation of God...
Ancestry of “incarnation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | incarnacion | incarnation |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | incarnatio | incarnation; the Incarnation |
| 3 | Latin | incarnari | present passive infinitive of incarnō; be made... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |