beginning
I
noun
birth, causative, commencement, conception, creation, derivation, early derivation, elementary, embryo, emergence, foundation, fountain, fountainhead, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, infancy, initial, kick-off, nascence, onset, opening, origin, origination, overture, preamble, precursor, preface, preliminary, prelude, prime, source, spring, stage, start, starting point
II
index
causative, creation, derivation, elementary, embryo, foundation (basis), genesis, inception, inchoate, incipient, initial, nascency, onset (commencement), origin (source), original (initiai), origination, outset, overture, preamble, precursory, preface, preliminary, prelude, preparatory, prime (originai), primordial, rudimentary, source, start, threshold (commencement)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006