- inchoate (adj.)
[inchoate 词源字典]
- 1530s, from Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare, alteration of incohare "to begin," originally "to hitch up," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke." Related: Inchoative.[inchoate etymology, inchoate origin, 英语词源]