Beginner
/bɪˈɡɪnər/noun
A person who is starting to learn or do something.
Did you know?“Beginner” comes from Old English *beginnan*, and its deeper Germanic roots are tied to the act of opening or initiating something, which is why the word feels so much like the first step of a ritual or journey.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*beginnaną
“to begin, start”
Old English
OE
beginnan
“to begin, commence”
Middle English
ME
beginnen
“to begin”
14th Century
English
begynner
“one who begins”
Modern English
English
beginner
“a person who is starting to learn or do something”