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10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun readiness to embark on bold new ventures
noun the first of a series of actions
adjective serving to set in motion
originFrom French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- vitiate 10
- invite 9
- native 9
- vittae 9
- initiate 8
- avine 8
- naevi 8
- naive 8
- vitae 8
- vitta 8
- nave 7
- nevi 7