inchoative

[ in-koh-uh-tiv ]

adjective
noun

Origin of inchoative

1
1520–30; <Late Latin inchoātīvum (verbum) inceptive (verb). See inchoate, -ive

Other words from inchoative

  • un·in·cho·a·tive, adjective

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