Where does “noninitiate” come from?
noninitiate (English) comes from English initiate, from Latin initiātus, from Latin initiō, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
noninitiate (English): One who has not yet been initiated
Definitions
- One who has not yet been initiated
Ancestry of “noninitiate”, step by step
noninitiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English initiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | initiate | A new member of an organization; One who has been... |
| 2 | Latin | initiātus | begun, originated, having been begun |
| 3 | Latin | initiō | to begin, originate |
| 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 |