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inchoate (adj.)
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
.