Incite Definition

Origin of Incite

• Middle English encyten from Old French enciter from Latin incitāre to urge forward in- intensive pref. in–² citāre to stimulate frequentative of ciēre to put in motion keiə- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).

  From Wiktionary