inchoation
beginning or early formation
Root
- incho: begin, start, or early formation
Other words with the incho root
- inchoate: just beginning; not yet fully formed
- inchoative: relating to beginning or becoming
Incho gives beginning. Inchoation is the first forming stage before something is complete.
The plan was still in inchoation, too new to defend with confidence.
Inchoation is rare, but it helps inchoate. Picture an idea just starting to take shape: edges soft, structure unfinished, possibility still greater than form.