Where does “initial” come from?

initial (Middle French) comes from Latin initiālis, 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 “initial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininitiālisinitial, first, incipient
2Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
3Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
4Latinīre—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “initial”

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