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
Ancestry of “imitancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | imitans | representing, expressing, portraying; imitating,... |
| 2 | Latin | imitor | I represent, express, portray; I imitate, act... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | imā | copy |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |