The story
- Latin · derived fromincontinentia
- Old French · derived fromincontinence
- Middle English · inherited fromincontinence
- English todayincontinence
From Middle English incontinence, from Old French incontinence or its etymon Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinency.
Words from the same roots
Latinincontinentia all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.