Where does “neuroimaging” come from?

Neuroimaging comes from English image and Ancient Greek νεῦρον meaning nerve, combining the prefix in- with Latin imago meaning likeness or representation.

neuroimaging (English): The generation of images showing brain activity;...

Definitions

  1. The generation of images showing brain activity;...

Ancestry of “neuroimaging”, step by step

neuroimaging traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English neuroimage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishneuroimageTo produce an image of the structure or function...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English imaging

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishimagingpresent participle of image; The technique or...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en