Where does “initiatiefnemer” come from?

initiatiefnemer (Dutch) comes from Dutch initiatief, from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre — to go.

initiatiefnemer (Dutch): initiator

Definitions

  1. initiator

Ancestry of “initiatiefnemer”, step by step

initiatiefnemer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch initiatief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchinitiatiefinitiative
2Frenchinitiativeinitiative
3Medieval Latininitiativusserving to initiate
4Late Latininitiareto begin
5Latininitiāre
6Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
7Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
8Latinīre
9Proto-ItalicI go
10Proto-Italicejō
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Dutch nemer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnemerone who takes
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-
initiatiefnemer — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer