INCIPIENT

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

only partly in existence
SYN - inchoate
"an incipient tumor."
"an incipient solar system."
"evidence of incipient racial tension."

"he was fascinated as he saw their incipient offspring on the ultrasound."

"his visit gave him the feeling of incipient political fervor."

"at this stage in his life the ubermensch was only an incipient thought."