INCHOATE: being partly in existence or operation; especially: imperfectly formed or formulted: formless
"Inchoate" derives from inchoare, which means "to begin" in Latin but translates literally as "to hitch up." Inchoare was formed from the prefix in - and the noun cohum, which refers to the strap that secures a plow beam to a pulling animal's yoke. The concept of implementing this initial step toward the larger task of plowing a field can help provide a clearer understanding of "inchoate," an adjective used to describe the imperfect form ofsomething (as a plan or idea) in its early stages of develoment. Perhaps because it looks a little like the word "chaos" (although the two aren't closely related), "inchoate" now implies not only the formlesness that often marks beginnings, but also the confusion caused by chaos.
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