Where does “initier” come from?

initier (French) comes from Latin initiō, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

initier (French): to initiate, to start

Definitions

  1. to initiate, to start

Ancestry of “initier”, step by step

initier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin initiō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininitiōto begin, originate
2Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
3Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
4Latinīre—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Latin initiāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininitiāre—

Words derived from “initier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →