Gadit

incipient

Definitions
1adjectiveBeginning to happen or develop; in an initial stage.
The incipient stages of the project showed great promise.
She could feel an incipient headache coming on.
The incipient signs of spring were visible in the budding trees.
Word Origin
Language
Latin
Original word
incipiens
Word parts
in (into) + capere (to take)
Originally meant
beginning to take hold
Background
The word 'incipient' comes from the Latin 'incipiens', which is the present participle of 'incipere', meaning 'to begin'. It entered English in the early 17th century, retaining its sense of something just starting to develop.