Where does “uninitiated” come from?
Uninitiated derives from English initiate plus the prefix un-, from Latin initiatus (past participle of initiare, "to begin"), from Latin initus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to go into" or "enter."
uninitiated (English): Not having been initiated; Of a person, not...
Definitions
- Not having been initiated; Of a person, not...
Ancestry of “uninitiated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |