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Where does “initiativus” come from?

initiativus (Latin) comes from Latin initiare, from Latin initio, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

initiativus (Latin): serving to initiate

Definitions

  1. serving to initiate

Ancestry of “initiativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininitiarepresent active infinitive of initiō;...
2LatininitioI begin, originate; I initiate, consecrate;...
3Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
4Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
5Latinīre—
6Proto-ItaliceōI go
7Proto-Italicejō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “initiativus”

  • initiative
  • noninitiative
  • initiatively
  • counterinitiative
  • initiative
  • initiativ
  • initiativ
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