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Where does “ymage” come from?

ymage (Middle English) comes from Old French image, from Latin imāgō, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

ymage (Middle English): image, depiction; Likeness, closeness; the state...

Definitions

  1. image, depiction; Likeness, closeness; the state...

Ancestry of “ymage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimagesight; image; statue
2Latinimāgō—
3Proto-Italicimācopy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “ymage”

  • image
  • imagistic
  • imagen
  • afterimage
  • imageless
  • imagist
  • preimage
  • subimage
  • imagism
  • imageability
  • imageable
  • imagistically
  • counterimage
  • imagesetter
  • reimage
  • nonimage
  • orthoimage
  • imagemaker
  • neuroimage
  • eigenimage
  • imagelike
  • holoimage
  • unimageable
  • microimage
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