Where does “onomatopœical” come from?

onomatopœical (English) comes from English Onomatopœic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

onomatopœical (English): Obsolete form of onomatopoeical

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of onomatopoeical

Ancestry of “onomatopœical”, step by step

onomatopœical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Onomatopœic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOnomatopœicOf or relating to onomatopoeia
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English AL

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishALInitialism of assembly language; Initialism of...
2Dutchalall, all of; already; yet
3Middle Dutchalall, all of; completely; even though, no matter...
4Old Dutchāl
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en