English
initialize
From initial + -ize.
Formed from initial + -ize
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
verb To assign initial values to something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / initialize