enetu

From Proto-Italic *en-eō (“to go inside; to being”). By surface analysis, en- +‎ eom. Compare Latin ineō. Only attested in the third person singular present imperative.

enetu

1. third-person singular imperative future of *eneom (“to commence”): may it commence
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:

     ¹ 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄:​𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌:​𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔:​𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔:​𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖:​ ² 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔:​𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔:​ [...]

     este persklum aves anzeriates enetu pernaies pusnaes

     Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds, those in front and those behind.

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “eō, īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
• Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “enetu”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 15

enetu

1. Late Iguvine form of enetu, third-person singular imperative present of *eneom (“to commence”)

enetu

1. Romanization of 𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖