Etymograph

English

subincusation

Subincusation comes from Latin incusatio ‘accusation’, and goes back to causa ‘cause, motive’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa1‘cause, motive’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincusō2as incusare‘to accuse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincusatio2‘accusation’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634subincusation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin incuso
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English subincusation
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1612–1634, Joseph Hall, (please specify the page): “But all this cannot deliver thee, from the just…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausaWiktionary, Latin incuso‘cause, motive’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincusōWiktionary, English subincusationas incusare‘to accuse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincusatioWiktionary, English subincusation‘accusation’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634subincusationWiktionary, English subincusation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1612–1634, Joseph Hall, (please specify the page): “But all this cannot deliver thee, from the just…”

Linked words

through Old Latin caussa

accuser, 20 more

through Latin causa ‘cause, motive’

because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, syllabus, causal, accusation, inexcusable, causative, excusable, accusative, 21 more

Today it means

noun A slight charge or accusation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subincusation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin incuso. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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