Where does “Initiative” come from?
Initiative (German) comes from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō — to go.
Initiative (German): initiative
Ancestry of “Initiative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | initiative | initiative |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | initiativus | serving to initiate |
| 3 | Late Latin | initiare | to begin |
| 4 | Latin | initiāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 6 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 7 | Latin | īre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
Words derived from “Initiative”