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Where does “incendiaire” come from?

incendiaire (Old French) comes from Latin incendiārius, from Latin incendium, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “incendiaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincendiārius—
2LatinincendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;...
3Latinincendō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incendiaire”

  • incendiary
  • incendiarism
  • nonincendiary
  • anti-incendiary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →