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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
1Latinimāgō—
2Proto-Italicimācopy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “imago”

  • subimago
  • pseudimago
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