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Where does “incienso” come from?

incienso (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish encienso, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

incienso (Spanish): incense; Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the...

Definitions

  1. incense; Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the...

Ancestry of “incienso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishencienso—
2Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
3Latinincendō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incienso”

  • incensario
  • incensación
  • incensar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →