## Etymology
From Old French comencement ('beginning'), from comencier ('to begin'), from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from com- (intensive) + initiare ('to begin'), from initium ('beginning').

## AI Etymology
Commencement is from Old French comencement ('beginning'), from comencier ('to begin'), from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from com- (intensive) + initiare ('to begin'), from initium ('beginning'). Important recorded forms include comencement (Old French) and initium (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a beginning, or a graduation ceremony. The wider family includes related words such as commence and recommence.

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