Where does “inchoate” come from?
Inchoate comes from Latin incohatus, past participle of incoho meaning to begin, from cohum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm.
inchoate (English): Recently started but not fully formed yet; just...
Definitions
- Recently started but not fully formed yet; just...
Ancestry of “inchoate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | incohātus | just begun, unfinished, having been commenced (but not completed) |
| 2 | Latin | incoho | I begin, commence; I start making, forming; I... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |