Where does “imagesetting” come from?

imagesetting (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.

imagesetting (English): The use of an imagesetter device

Definitions

  1. The use of an imagesetter device

Ancestry of “imagesetting”, step by step

imagesetting 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 setting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsettingpresent participle of set; The time, place and...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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