Where does “imagesetter” come from?

imagesetter (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.

imagesetter (English): A high-resolution typesetting device that takes...

Definitions

  1. A high-resolution typesetting device that takes...

Ancestry of “imagesetter”, step by step

imagesetter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English image

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

via English setter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsetterOne who sets something, especially a typesetter;...
2Middle Englishsettere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en