English
initialer
From initial + -er.
Formed from initial + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’
…
Latin ineō ‘to go into, enter’
Latin initium ‘beginning; entrance’
Latin initiālis ‘initial’
Middle French initial
English initial
Today it means
noun The artist who decorates the initial letters in an illuminated manuscript.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / initialer