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begin

/bɪˈɡɪn/ verb

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In Latin: incipiō, ordior, initiō Wiktionary

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  1. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
    I began playing the piano at the age of five.
  2. To come into existence.

noun

  1. Beginning; start.

Origin

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.

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