Where does “immaġina” come from?
immaġina (Maltese) 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.
immaġina (Maltese): to imagine
Definitions
- to imagine
Ancestry of “immaġina”, step by step
| 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 |