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Where does “uninitiate” come from?

uninitiate (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.

uninitiate (English): One who has not been initiated; an outsider; One...

Definitions

  1. One who has not been initiated; an outsider; One...

Ancestry of “uninitiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinitiateA new member of an organization; One who has been...
2Latininitiātus—
3Latininitiō—
4Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
5Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
6Latinīre—
7Proto-ItaliceōI go
8Proto-Italicejō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →