- inceptum – attempt, beginning, enterprise
- ingressio – an entering, beginning
- initium – beginning, commencement, origin, start
- originis – ancestor, beginning, origin, source, start
- origo – ancestor, beginning, origin, source, start
- orsa – beginning, first few words, start, undertaking
- orsorum – beginning, first few words, start, undertaking
- principium – beginning
- satus – beginning, origin, planting, sowing, start
- Ex turpi causa non oritur actio – From a dishonorable cause an action does not arise
- fons et origo – the spring and source