incarnation

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromincarnari“to be made flesh”
2. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromincarnatio
3. Old French · derived fromincarnacion
4. Middle English · inherited fromincarnacion
5. English todayincarnation

From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).