Where does “nonimaginary” come from?
nonimaginary (English) comes from English imaginary, from Middle French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius, from Latin imago, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
nonimaginary (English): Not imaginary
Definitions
- Not imaginary
Ancestry of “nonimaginary”, step by step
nonimaginary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imaginary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imaginary | Existing only in the imagination; Having no real... |
| 2 | Middle French | imaginaire | — |
| 3 | Latin | imaginarius | image; imaginary |
| 4 | Latin | imago | image, imitation, likeness, statue,... |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |