English
incandesce
Incandesce comes from Latin incandēscō ‘to grow warm’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincandēscōas incandescere‘to grow warm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870incandesce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincandēscōas incandescere‘to grow warm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870incandesce
Earliest quotation: 1870, John Percy: “It incandesces in sulphurous acid at ordinary temperatures, sulphate…”
Every English word from Latin incandēscō
Today it means
verb To make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin incandēscō / incandesce