Where does “initium” come from?
initium (Latin) comes 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.
initium (Latin): beginning, start; rites, mysteries
Definitions
- beginning, start; rites, mysteries
Ancestry of “initium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 2 | Latin | īre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
Words derived from “initium”