Etymograph

English

initiation

Initiation comes from Latin initiō ‘to begin, originate’, from Proto-Italic *eō ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*eō‘to go’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*eneō‘to begin, start’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineō‘to begin’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitium‘beginning’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitiō‘to begin, originate’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitiātiō
  10. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600initiation
  11. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*eō‘to go’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*eneō‘to begin, start’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineō‘to begin’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitium‘beginning’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitiō‘to begin, originate’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinitiātiō
  10. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600initiation
  11. Englishtodaysame form

Formed from initiate + -ion

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

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Latin ineō ‘to begin’

Latin initium ‘beginning’

Latin initiō ‘to begin, originate’

Latin initiātus ‘begun, originated, having been begun’

English initiate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

eid, itinerary, iter, 28 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

ion, isthmus, cation, anionic, 23 more

through Proto-Italic *eō ‘to go’

transition, ambient, ambitious, ambition, eyre, ambiance, sedition, ambit, 8 more

Today it means

noun The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / initiation

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