Where does “unimitatively” come from?
unimitatively (English) comes from English unimitative, from English imitative, from Latin imitativus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
unimitatively (English): In an unimitative manner, not imitating something else
Definitions
- In an unimitative manner, not imitating something else
Ancestry of “unimitatively”, step by step
unimitatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unimitative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unimitative | Not imitative, not imitating or modelled after something else |
| 2 | English | imitative | Imitating; copying; not original; Modelled after... |
| 3 | Latin | imitativus | imitative |
| 4 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |