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4. Write the etymology, or origin, of the word incendiary.

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mid-15c., "capable of being used to set fires," from Latin incendiarius "causing a fire," from incendium "a burning, a fire, conflagration," from incendere "set on fire, light up with fire, brighten," figuratively, "incite, rouse, excite, enrage," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + candere "to ..

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incendere

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late Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.

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