incinerate
/ˌɪnˈsɪnəˌeɪt/in-SIH-nur-ayt
/ˌɪnˈsɪnɚˌeɪt/in-SIH-nur-ayt
Meaningto burn to ashes
Common meaning: to burn to ash
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- cinerash, cindersLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 332 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘in, into’ + ‘ash, cinders’ → incinerate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin cinis ‘ash, cinders’.
Roots
- cinis, cineris Latin “ash, cinders”
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