Ignite
/ɪɡˈnaɪt/noun
To set something on fire or cause it to begin burning.
Did you know?Ignite descends from Latin ignire, from ignis (“fire”), and that same ancient fire-root also lives in words like ignite’s cousin “igneous,” the rock formed by cooled magma.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁n̥gʷnis
“fire”
Latin
Latin
ignis
“fire”
Classical Latin
Latin
ignire
“to set on fire”
Middle English
English
igniten
“to kindle or set on fire”
Modern English
English
ignite
“to set on fire or begin burning”
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