The first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
Größerer und/oder ausgeschmückter Großbuchstabe am Anfang eines Kapitels oder Absatzes.
der bes. kunstvoll gestaltete Anfangsbuchstabe eines Textes oder eines Textteils.
ETYM Latin initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, from inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. French initial. Related to Issue, Commence.
Occurring at the beginning.
To mark with one's initials.