Where does “initiaal” come from?
initiaal (Dutch) comes from French initial, 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 — to go.
initiaal (Dutch): initial, a first letter of a name; drop cap,...
Definitions
- initial, a first letter of a name; drop cap,...
Ancestry of “initiaal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | initial | initial |
| 2 | Latin | initiālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 4 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 5 | Latin | īre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |