Where does “imaginar” come from?
imaginar (Ido) comes from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imaginar (Ido): to imagine
Ancestry of “imaginar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | imāginor | — |
| 2 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 3 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |