myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of incandescente

Etymology of the Italian word incandescente

the Italian word incandescente

derived from the Latin word incandescens

derived from the Latin word incandescere (grow warm, be heated, glow)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word candescere (grow, become light, bright white)

derived from the Classical Latin word candidus (bright, clear, transparent; radiant, unclouded; white)

derived from the Latin word candere (be of brilliant whiteness, shine, gleam)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kand-