Where does “incentive” come from?
incentive (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese incentivar, from Spanish incentivo, from Latin incentivus, from Latin incinō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
incentive (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
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Ancestry of “incentive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | incentivar | to provide incentive; to foster, to encourage, to... |
| 2 | Spanish | incentivo | incentive, stimulus |
| 3 | Latin | incentivus | that strikes up, sets the tune; tibia, the treble... |
| 4 | Latin | incinō | to blow or sound, to sing |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |