Where does “imago” come from?

imago (Dutch) comes from Latin imāgō, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

imago (Dutch): image; imago: the full grown form of an insect

Definitions

  1. image; imago: the full grown form of an insect

Ancestry of “imago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
2Proto-Italicimācopy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “imago”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imāgō →