Etymology

reincarnate

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Today it means: To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species. Full definition →

English incarnate ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*né
  7. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  8. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  9. Latinin-
  10. Middle Englishin-
  11. Englishin-
  12. Englishcarnate
  13. Englishincarnate
  14. English todayreincarnate

From re- + incarnate.

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