Where does “initiatively” come from?
initiatively (English) comes from English initiative, from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre — to go.
initiatively (English): On one's own initiative; without being prompted
Definitions
- On one's own initiative; without being prompted
Ancestry of “initiatively”, step by step
initiatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English initiative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | initiative | Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory;... |
| 2 | French | initiative | initiative |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | initiativus | serving to initiate |
| 4 | Late Latin | initiare | to begin |
| 5 | Latin | initiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 7 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 8 | Latin | īre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |