Where does “initiō” come from?

initiō (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.

initiō (Latin): to begin, originate

Definitions

  1. to begin, originate

Ancestry of “initiō”, 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 “initiō”

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