incipient

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪpɪənt/

adjective

  • beginning to happen or develop: he could feel incipient anger building up an incipient black eye
  • (of a person) developing into a specified type or role: we seemed more like friends than incipient lovers

Derivatives

incipience

noun

incipiency

noun

incipiently

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century (as a noun denoting a beginner): from Latin incipient- 'undertaking, beginning', from the verb incipere, from in- 'into, towards' + capere 'take'