begin

Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪn/

The English word “begin” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
To come into existence.

noun

Beginning; start.

Etymology

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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