beginning
noun
°The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
°That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
adjective
°Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
synonyms: commencing, start, starting, element more» , embryo, rudiment, origin, source, commencement, head, commencing, starting, first, initial