English

self-ignite

From self- + ignite.

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis

Latin ignis ‘fire’

Latin ignire ‘to set on fire, ignite’

Latin ignītus ‘ignited, set on fire’

Today it means

verb To catch fire due to sufficient temperature.

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

Etymograph / self-ignite