oma-aloitteinen

Finnish

adj
Definitions
  • spontaneous done by one's own free choice
  • unprompted without prompting, out of one's own initiative
  • self-imposed voluntarily imposed upon oneself

Etymology

Compound from Finnish oma (own, self, one's own, of own, self-) + Finnish aloite (initiative).

Origin

Finnish

aloite

Gloss

initiative

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