Etymology

inceptive

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Today it means: Beginning; of or relating to inception. Full definition →

French inceptif ← Latin inceptīvus
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  1. Latin · derived frominceptīvus
  2. French · borrowed frominceptif
  3. English todayinceptive

Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“to begin”).

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