Where does “initiativus” come from?

initiativus (Medieval Latin) comes from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, 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 (Medieval Latin): serving to initiate

Definitions

  1. serving to initiate

Ancestry of “initiativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latininitiareto begin
2Latininitiāre—
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”

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