Where does “inchoately” come from?
inchoately (English) comes from English inchoate, from Latin incohātus, from Latin incoho, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inchoately (English): In an inchoate way
Definitions
- In an inchoate way
Ancestry of “inchoately”, step by step
inchoately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inchoate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inchoate | Recently started but not fully formed yet; just... |
| 2 | Latin | incohātus | just begun, unfinished, having been commenced (but not completed) |
| 3 | Latin | incoho | I begin, commence; I start making, forming; I... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |