Where does “unimitative” come from?
unimitative (English) comes from English imitative, from Latin imitativus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
unimitative (English): Not imitative, not imitating or modelled after something else
Definitions
- Not imitative, not imitating or modelled after something else
Ancestry of “unimitative”, step by step
unimitative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imitative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imitative | Imitating; copying; not original; Modelled after... |
| 2 | Latin | imitativus | imitative |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |