Where does “incendiar” come from?

incendiar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese incêndio, 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.

incendiar (Portuguese): to set something on fire

Definitions

  1. to set something on fire

Ancestry of “incendiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseincêndiofire; arson
2LatinincendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;...
3Latinincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en