inaugurate
‘induct into office by formal ceremony’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. inauguration ‘installation, consecration’ < La.Lat. inaugurationem ‘consecration’ < inaugurare ‘take omens from the flight of birds; consecrate or install when omens are favorable’ < in- ‘on, in’ + augurare ‘to act as an augur, predict’ < Lat. augur ‘an increase in crops enacted in ritual’ < O.Lat. augos ‘increase,’ related to Lat. augere ‘increase’ < awg < aug- < Tamil ākutal