Where does “insj” come from?
insj (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål initiativ, from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre — to go.
insj (Norwegian Bokmål): initiative
Definitions
- initiative
Ancestry of “insj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | initiativ | initiative |
| 2 | French | initiative | initiative |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | initiativus | serving to initiate |
| 4 | Late Latin | initiare | to begin |
| 5 | Latin | initiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 7 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 8 | Latin | īre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |