English
initiatively
From initiative + -ly.
Formed from initiative + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’
…
Latin initium ‘beginning’
Late Latin initiō ‘to begin, initiate’
Medieval Latin *initiativus ‘serving to initiate’
French initiative
English initiative
Today it means
adv On one's own initiative; without being prompted
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / initiatively