begin

Betekenis

Verb

1. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
2. To be in the first stage of some situation
3. To come into existence.

Noun

Beginning; start.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/bɪˈɡɪn/

Etimologie

From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.