From Latin 'incurrere' (to run into) — the image of running headlong into unwanted consequences.
To become subject to something unpleasant, especially a cost, obligation, or penalty, as a result of one's own actions.
From Latin 'incurrere' (to run into, to rush upon, to attack), composed of 'in-' (into, upon) and 'currere' (to run). The literal Latin meaning was to run into something — to charge into battle, to rush into an ambush. The English sense narrowed: to incur is to run into negative consequences, to bring upon oneself debts, penalties, or displeasure through one's own actions. The word retains the sense of motion
The military word 'incursion' (a sudden invasion or attack) is the noun form of 'incur' — from Latin 'incursio' (a running in, an assault). When a military force makes an incursion, it literally 'runs into' enemy territory. The two English words — 'incur' (to bring consequences upon oneself) and 'incursion' (to invade) — split the Latin meaning: one