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Where does “inicial” come from?

inicial (Catalan) comes from Latin initiālis, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

inicial (Catalan): initial

Definitions

  1. initial

Ancestry of “inicial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininitiālis—
2Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
3Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
4Latinīre—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “inicial”

  • reinicialitzar
  • inicialitzar
  • inicialment
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