Where does “inaugurative” come from?
inaugurative (English) comes from English inaugurate, from French inaugurer, from Latin inaugurō, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-.
inaugurative (English): That inaugurates
Ancestry of “inaugurative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inaugurate | To induct into office with a formal ceremony; To... |
| 2 | French | inaugurer | to inaugurate |
| 3 | Latin | inaugurō | — |
| 4 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 5 | Latin | augur | augur |
| 6 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |