inception

Meaning

Noun

• The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
• A layering, nesting or recursion of something.

Origin

• Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, Perfect passive participle of incipiō.
• The layering sense derives from the 2010 science fiction film Inception, in which a team of people infiltrate someone’s subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams with the goal of causing someone to incept an idea.