BharatNotes Incubator
nounUsage in a UPSC answer
Well-designed start-up incubators can act as engines of inclusive growth, lowering the entry barriers for first-generation entrepreneurs and channelling grassroots innovation into formal, employment-generating enterprise.
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Word Family
incubate (v), incubation (n), incubated (adj), incubatory (adj), incubus (n)
Root
Latin incubāre = to lie upon, to hatch; in- = upon + cubāre = to lie down
Etymology
From Latin incubāre ("to lie upon, to hatch"), from in- ("in, upon") + cubāre ("to lie down"); first used in English in the 1850s for hatching apparatus, later extended to business support institutions.
Memory Hook
From Latin in- 'on' + cubare 'to lie' (as in re-cumb-ent): a hen lies ON her eggs to hatch them, just as an incubator nurtures fragile new life or new ventures into being.
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