LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

cominitiāre

*cominitiāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionbegin, undertake

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincominitiāre

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Proto-Italic *eneō Latin ineō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin initium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin initiāre Latin *cominitiāre From com- + initiāre.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancomençar
  • Frenchcommencerfrom Old French comencier
  • Englishcommencefrom Old French comencier
  • Occitancomençar
  • Franco-Provençalcomenciér
  • Normanc'menchierfrom Old French comencier
  • Normanc'menchifrom Old French comencier
  • Normanquémenchifrom Old French comencier
  • Picardcmincherfrom Old French comencier
  • Walloonkimincîfrom Old French comencier
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecomeçarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese começar
  • Spanishcomenzarfrom Old Spanish començar
  • Aragonesecomenzar
  • Asturiancomenzar
  • Extremadurancomincial
  • Galiciancomezarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese começar
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancominciare
  • Neapolitancommenzare
  • Siciliancuminzari
  • Siciliancuminciari
North Italian
  • Emiliancminzèr
  • Romagnolcmẽnzê
  • Friuliancomençâ
  • Romanshcumanzar
  • Romanshscumanzar
  • Romanshcumanzer
  • Venetanscuminsiar
  • Venetanscuminçiar
  • Venetanscomensar
  • Venetanscominçiar

In English words that came into English from cominitiāre

  • commence*cominitiāre

Quick answers

What does cominitiāre mean in Latin?
cominitiāre, a verb, means “begin, undertake”.
Where does cominitiāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cominitiāre.