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Where does “incendiar” come from?

incendiar (Spanish) comes from Spanish incendio, 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 (Spanish): to set fire to

Definitions

  1. to set fire to

Ancestry of “incendiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishincendiofire; blaze; outburst
2LatinincendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch;...
3Latinincendō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →