- incipient (adj.)
[incipient 词源字典]
- 1660s, from Latin incipientem (nominative incipiens), present participle of incipere "begin, take up," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable).[incipient etymology, incipient origin, 英语词源]