Where does “initiate” come from?
Initiate comes from Latin initiatus, past participle of initio, derived from initium meaning beginning, from in- and -ium, where in traces to Proto-Indo-European ne meaning not.
initiate (English): A new member of an organization; One who has been...
Definitions
- A new member of an organization; One who has been...
Ancestry of “initiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | initiātus | begun, originated, having been begun |
| 2 | Latin | initiō | to begin, originate |
| 3 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 4 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 5 | Latin | īre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |