beginning
n//bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ//början, begynnelse, start, orsak, upphov, upprinnelse, upptakt, ursprung, inledning
(uncountable) 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.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
The initial portion of some extended thing.