Word of the
Day for Saturday 4th January 2014
Inchoation \in-koh-EY-shuhn\, noun:
a beginning; origin.
Three things cannot but exist towards
all animated beings from the nature of divine justice; co-sufferance in the
circle of inchoation, because without that none could attain the
perfect knowledge of any thing…
-- John Williams, The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry, 1844
-- John Williams, The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry, 1844
Three things are necessary in the
Circle of Inchoation; the least of all animation, and thence the
beginning…
-- Robert Southey, Notes to Madoc in Wales, 1805
-- Robert Southey, Notes to Madoc in Wales, 1805
Inchoation came
to English in the 1500’s from the Late Latin inchoātiōn-.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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