Etymology

incandescent

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Today it means: Emitting light as a result of being heated. Full definition →

French incandescent ← Latin incandescens
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  1. Latin · derived fromincandescens
  2. French · borrowed fromincandescent
  3. English todayincandescent

Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).

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