English
incend
Incend comes from Latin incendō ‘to kindle, burn’, from Proto-Italic *en- ‘in, into, in-’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*en‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*en-‘in, into, in-’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincendōas incendere‘to kindle, burn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599incend
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*en‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*en-‘in, into, in-’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincendōas incendere‘to kindle, burn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599incend
Earliest quotation: 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix pseudonyms;, The Scourge of Villanie. […]: “a line incends his lustfull blood”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
in, internal, entrance, indigenous, intern, dysentery, endo, interregnum, enteral, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *en ‘in’
encounter, intimate, ensemble, intestine, agog, intimation, 7 more
through Proto-Italic *en- ‘in, into, in-’
impulse, infirmary, incubation, infirm, impel, incubus, incubate, 6 more
through Latin incendō ‘to kindle, burn’
Today it means
verb To inflame; to excite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / incend