Where does “imitacioun” come from?

imitacioun (Middle English) comes from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio, from Latin imitor, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

Ancestry of “imitacioun”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	imitacion	—
2	Latin	imitatio	imitation
3	Latin	imitor	I represent, express, portray; I imitate, act...
4	Proto-Italic	imā	copy
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂eym-	to copy, imitate

Words derived from “imitacioun”

imitation
imitational
non-imitation
autoimitation
counterimitation
imitationism
imitationist
overimitation
imitationally

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imitor →