incarnacion

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātiō, incarnātiōnem.

Noun

incarnacion oblique singular, f (oblique plural incarnacions, nominative singular incarnacion, nominative plural incarnacions)

1. incarnation
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 1457:

     Que Dés prist incarnatiun pur la nostre redemptiun

     God took human form for our salvation

   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Le Mariage de Rutebeuf:

     En l'an de l'Incarnacion

     In the year of the Incarnation [of Jesus of Nazareth]

Descendants

• Middle English: incarnacion (borrowing)
  • English: incarnation
• Middle French: incarnation
  • French: incarnation