Where does “imitancy” come from?

imitancy (English) comes from Latin imitans, from Latin imitor, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

imitancy (English): Tendency to imitation

Definitions

  1. Tendency to imitation

Ancestry of “imitancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimitansrepresenting, expressing, portraying; imitating,...
2LatinimitorI represent, express, portray; I imitate, act...
3Proto-Italicimācopy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imitor →