Where does “imitate” come from?
Imitate comes from Latin imitatus, the past participle of Latin imitor, which derives from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym-.
imitate (English): To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a...
Definitions
- To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a...
Ancestry of “imitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | imitatus | represented |
| 2 | Latin | imitor | I represent, express, portray; I imitate, act... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | imā | copy |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |
Words derived from “imitate”