English
incitant
Incitant comes from Latin incitans ‘hastening, urging, accelerating, quickening’, and goes back to citō ‘set in rapid motion’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘set in rapid motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincitō‘incite, hasten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincitans‘hastening, urging, accelerating, quickening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1786incitant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘set in rapid motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincitō‘incite, hasten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincitans‘hastening, urging, accelerating, quickening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1786incitant
Earliest quotation: 1786, J. U., C. G. Lloyd: “The leaves and seeds ought to be classed with…”
Linked words
through Latin citō ‘set in rapid motion’
Today it means
adj Inciting; stimulating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin citō / incitant