Where does “imitatee” come from?

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

imitatee (English): One that is imitated

Definitions

One that is imitated

Ancestry of “imitatee”, step by step

imitatee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English imitate

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	imitate	To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a...
2	Latin	imitatus	represented
3	Latin	imitor	I represent, express, portray; I imitate, act...
4	Proto-Italic	imā	copy
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂eym-	to copy, imitate

via English EE

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	EE	Initialism of electrical engineering
2	Cantonese	噫	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imitor →