incipient C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ˌɪnˈsɪpiːənt/ UK /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ See IPA manual Freq #75978 Meanings 1 adj Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage. Doctors caught the incipient illness before it could spread. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · just beginning to exist or... beginningemergingnascentstarting Word family Forms incipiently Related forms inceptionincipienceincipiencyincipientlyincipit Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European incipiēns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incipient **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɪnˈsɪpiːənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ **Frequency rank:** 75978 ## Meanings 1. Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage. ## Examples - Doctors caught the incipient illness before it could spread. ## Related Forms - inception - incipience - incipiency - incipiently - incipit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *keh₂p- - Root: incipiēns ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). ## AI Etymology Incipient is borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). Important recorded forms include *keh₂p- (Proto-Indo-European) and incipiēns (Latin). Current senses include just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage. The wider family includes related words such as inception, incipience, incipiency, incipiently, and incipit. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown