Etymology

incunable

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French incunable ← Latin incūnābula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromincūnābula“swaddling-clothes, cradle”
  2. French · borrowed fromincunable
  3. English todayincunable

From French incunable, from Latin incūnābula (“swaddling-clothes, cradle”).

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