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Where does “noninitiative” come from?

noninitiative (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.

noninitiative (English): In which voter initiatives cannot be brought to...

Definitions

  1. In which voter initiatives cannot be brought to...

Ancestry of “noninitiative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinitiativeServing to initiate; inceptive; initiatory;...
2Frenchinitiativeinitiative
3Medieval Latininitiativusserving to initiate
4Late Latininitiareto begin
5Latininitiāre—
6Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
7Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
8Latinīre—
9Proto-ItaliceōI go
10Proto-Italicejō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →