Where does “imaginable” come from?
imaginable (Catalan) comes from Catalan imaginar, from Latin imaginari, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
imaginable (Catalan): imaginable
Ancestry of “imaginable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | imaginar | to imagine; to conceive; to think |
| 2 | Latin | imaginari | present active infinitive of imāginor |
| 3 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |