incipient

Definition

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

Example Sentences

• "After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."
• "Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting."
• "How many more places might have been distributed by her incipient majesty it is impossible to say, for the thread of her meditation was broken by the sudden termination of the path."