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Where does “immaginare” come from?

immaginare (Italian) comes from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

immaginare (Italian): to imagine, picture, fancy, conceive; to suppose,...

Definitions

  1. to imagine, picture, fancy, conceive; to suppose,...

Ancestry of “immaginare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimagineTo form a mental image of something; to envision...
2Middle Englishymagynento imagine or depict; to formulate a mental...
3Middle Frenchimaginer—
4Latinimāginor—
5Latinimāginem—
6Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immaginare”

  • imagi
  • imagema
  • imagebla
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →