Where does “imago” come from?

Imago comes from Latin imago, formed from the Latin prefix im- (from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European ne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én).

imago (English): The final developmental stage of an insect after...

Definitions

  1. The final developmental stage of an insect after...

Ancestry of “imago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
2Proto-Italicimācopy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “imago”

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