Where does “Image-Problem” come from?
Image-Problem (German) comes from German Image, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.
Image-Problem (German): The problem posed by having a bad public image
Definitions
- The problem posed by having a bad public image
Ancestry of “Image-Problem”, step by step
Image-Problem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Image
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Image | image characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others |
| 2 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 3 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 5 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 6 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 7 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 8 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Problem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Problem | problem |
| 2 | Latin | problēma | problem, puzzle, enigma, question proposed for solution |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόβλημα | anything thrown forward or projecting; anything... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προβάλλω | to throw or lay before, throw to; to put forward... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |