Where does “incipient” come from?
Incipient comes from Latin incipiens, the present participle of incipio meaning "to begin," formed from the prefix in- and a root from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- meaning "to grasp."
incipient (English): In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming...
Definitions
- In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming...
Ancestry of “incipient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | incipiēns | beginning |
| 2 | Latin | incipiō | to begin, to commence |
| 3 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |