Where does “imaginer” come from?
imaginer (English) comes from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
imaginer (English): One who imagines
Ancestry of “imaginer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | imagine | To form a mental image of something; to envision... |
| 2 | Middle English | ymagynen | to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental... |
| 3 | Middle French | imaginer | — |
| 4 | Latin | imāginor | — |
| 5 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 6 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |