'incorporative' originates from Latin, specifically the verb 'incorporare', where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'corpus' meant 'body'.

'incorporare' passed into Medieval Latin as 'incorporativus' and later into English as the adjective 'incorporative' via Late Latin and Middle English usage.

Initially related to the literal sense of 'making into a body' or 'giving bodily form', it evolved to the broader figurative meaning of 'bringing parts together' or 'combining elements'.