English
incandescence
Incandescence comes from French incandescence.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentincandescence
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentincandescence
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
Earliest quotation: 1983, Harry Hay, Peter Pans: “That sensual triggering which is to awaken them into…”
Formed from incandesce + -ence
Latin incandēscō ‘to grow warm’
English incandesce
Every English word from French incandescence
Today it means
noun the emission of visible light by a hot body
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French incandescence / incandescence