Etymology

coinitial

C3O1I1N1I1T1I1A1L1

Today it means: Having an element b for each element a in the superset such that b is less than or equal to a. Full definition →

English initial ← Latin initiāli ← Middle French initia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  13. Proto-Italic*ejō
  14. Proto-Italic*eō
  15. Proto-Italic*eneō
  16. Latinineō
  17. Latininitium
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Latininitiāli
  21. Middle Frenchinitia
  22. Latininitiāli
  23. Englishinitial
  24. English todaycoinitial

From co- + initial.

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