incite

The story

1. Latin · derived fromincitō“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”
2. Middle French · derived frominciter
3. English todayincite

From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).