English
incipit
Incipit comes from Latin incipiō ‘it begins’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincipiōas incipit‘it begins’
- Englishtodayincipit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincipiōas incipit‘it begins’
- Englishtodayincipit
Linked words
through Latin incipiō ‘it begins’
Today it means
noun The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin incipiō / incipit