Where does “Amygist” come from?

Amygist (English) comes from English imagist, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

Amygist (English): Any of the imagist poets of the American school...

Definitions

  1. Any of the imagist poets of the American school...

Ancestry of “Amygist”, step by step

Amygist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English imagist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimagistA follower of any of the various artistic schools...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Amy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAmy
2Old FrenchAmee
3Latinamāta
4Latinamātusloved; having been loved
5Latinamōto love
6LatinDeusGod
7Latindẹ̄vos
8Old Latindeivosgod, deity
9Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en