nascent
adjective
[ ˈnas(ə)nt ]
• (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
• "the nascent space industry"
Similar:
just beginning,
budding,
developing,
growing,
embryonic,
incipient,
young,
in its infancy,
fledgling,
evolving,
emergent,
emerging,
rising,
dawning,
advancing,
burgeoning,
naissant,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin nascent- ‘being born’, from the verb nasci .