Where does “imaginarily” come from?
imaginarily (English) comes from English imaginary, from Middle French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius, from Latin imago, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
imaginarily (English): In an imaginary way, in the imagination; By way...
Definitions
- In an imaginary way, in the imagination; By way...
Ancestry of “imaginarily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | imaginary | Existing only in the imagination; Having no real... |
| 2 | Middle French | imaginaire | — |
| 3 | Latin | imaginarius | image; imaginary |
| 4 | Latin | imago | image, imitation, likeness, statue,... |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |