Where does “initiere” come from?
initiere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Romanian iniția, from French initier, from Latin initiō, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
initiere (Norwegian Bokmål): to initiate
Definitions
- to initiate
Ancestry of “initiere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | iniția | to initiate |
| 2 | French | initier | to initiate, to start |
| 3 | Latin | initiō | to begin, originate |
| 4 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 5 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 6 | Latin | īre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |