allinizio

Allinizio is often used as a misspelling of the Italian phrase all'inizio, which functions as an adverb meaning at the beginning or initially. The standard form all'inizio is derived from the preposition a plus l'inizio (the beginning), with elision producing the contracted form. The variant allinizio without the apostrophe is generally considered nonstandard or a typographical error in contemporary Italian, though it may appear in informal writing or in contexts where diacritical marks are omitted.

In usage, all'inizio serves to indicate the initial point in time, sequence, or development. It can introduce the opening phase of a narrative, a process, or a period, as in All'inizio della storia, i protagonisti erano confusi (At the beginning of the story, the protagonists were confused). The expression is versatile and common in both everyday speech and formal writing when discussing origins or early stages.

Etymologically, all'inizio comes from the combination of the preposition a and the definite article l'inizio (the beginning). The elision produces all'inizio, a form widely considered standard in Italian orthography. The nonstandard allinizio does not reflect a separate meaning or usage and is not regarded as correct in formal writing.

See also: Italian language, all'inizio, inizio, all'inizio in literary and rhetorical contexts.