incarnate

incarnate · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromcarō“flesh”
2. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromincarnātus
3. Middle English · inherited fromincarnat(e)“(of God or Christ) embodied in human form or flesh, incarnate; provided with new tissues, healed; (with devel, in curses) bloody”
4. English todayincarnate

First attested in 1395, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English incarnat(e) (“(of God or Christ) embodied in human form or flesh, incarnate; provided with new tissues, healed; (with devel, in curses) bloody”), borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, perfect passive participle of incarnor (“to be made flesh, become incarnate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + Latin carō (“flesh”, carn- in its oblique stem) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ate.

incarnate · verb²

1. Ecclesiastical Latin · borrowed fromincarnātus
2. English todayincarnate

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

incarnate · adjective³

1. Proto-Indo-European*né
2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
4. Latinin-
5. Middle Englishin-
6. Englishin-
7. Englishcarnate
8. English todayincarnate

From in- + carnate.

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