Where does “imagi” come from?
imagi (Esperanto) comes from French imaginer, from Italian immaginare, from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.
imagi (Esperanto): to imagine
Ancestry of “imagi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | imaginer | to imagine |
| 2 | Italian | immaginare | to imagine, picture, fancy, conceive; to suppose,... |
| 3 | English | imagine | To form a mental image of something; to envision... |
| 4 | Middle English | ymagynen | to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental... |
| 5 | Middle French | imaginer | — |
| 6 | Latin | imāginor | — |
| 7 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 8 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “imagi”