Where does “initialer” come from?
initialer (English) comes from English initial, from Middle French initial, from Latin initiālis, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
initialer (English): The artist who decorates the initial letters in an illuminated manuscript
Definitions
- The artist who decorates the initial letters in an illuminated manuscript
Ancestry of “initialer”, step by step
initialer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English initial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | initial | Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to... |
| 2 | Middle French | initial | — |
| 3 | Latin | initiālis | initial, first, incipient |
| 4 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 5 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 6 | Latin | īre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |