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Incur

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to become subject to something unwelcome, such as a cost or penalty
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Stage 1 of 2
incurrere
Latin · ancient
"to run into, to attack"
to run into, to attack, from in- (into) and currere (to run)
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Stage 2 of 2
incur
English · 1400s
"to bring something unwelcome upon oneself"
settled as the English word for bringing something unwelcome upon oneself
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