myEtymology.com: French etymology of comencer

Etymology of the French word comencer

the Old French word comencer

derived from the Vulgar Latin word cominitiare

using the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Classical Latin word initiare (initiate; admit with introductory rites)

derived from the Latin word initium (beginning, commencement; entrance)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ei-

Word found in Old French