Where does “imaginer” come from?
imaginer (French) comes from Italian immaginare, from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.
imaginer (French): to imagine
Definitions
- to imagine
Ancestry of “imaginer”, step by step
imaginer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian immaginare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | immaginare | to imagine, picture, fancy, conceive; to suppose,... |
| 2 | English | imagine | To form a mental image of something; to envision... |
| 3 | Middle English | ymagynen | to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental... |
| 4 | Middle French | imaginer | — |
| 5 | Latin | imāginor | to imagine, conceive |
| 6 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 7 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French imaginer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | imaginer | to examine; to look at; to depict in the form of... |