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Where does “imagist” come from?

imagist (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.

imagist (English): A follower of any of the various artistic schools...

Definitions

  1. A follower of any of the various artistic schools...

Ancestry of “imagist”, step by step

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-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “imagist”

  • imagistic
  • imagistically
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →