Etymograph

English

incentively

From incentive + -ly.

Formed from incentive + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’

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Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’

Medieval Latin canō ‘to sing’

Medieval Latin incinō ‘to strike up’

Medieval Latin incentīvus ‘that strikes up or sets the tune’

English incentive

Today it means

adv In a way that incites or encourages.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / incentively