Where does “imitatress” come from?
imitatress (English) comes from English imitator, from French imitateur, from Latin imitator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
imitatress (English): A female imitator
Definitions
- A female imitator
Ancestry of “imitatress”, step by step
imitatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imitator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imitator | One who imitates or apes another |
| 2 | French | imitateur | imitator, impersonator, mimic |
| 3 | Latin | imitator | imitator; mimic; second-person singular future... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |