Where does “imageability” come from?
imageability (English) comes from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.
imageability (English): A property of a word indicating how easily a...
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- A property of a word indicating how easily a...
Ancestry of “imageability”, step by step
imageability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English image
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 2 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 4 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 5 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 6 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 7 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |