DictionaryRoot: candescere
Latin
candescere
begin to glow, become white
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adjective
incandescent
in-kun-DES-unt/ˌɪnkənˈdesnt/
Glowing visibly from intense heat.
Etymology
The root describes beginning to glow or becoming white. With “within,” it formed a verb for becoming warm or glowing, giving the adjective its image of something made luminous by heat.