Where does “initiāre” come from?

initiāre (Latin) comes 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.

Ancestry of “initiāre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “initiāre”

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