Where does “ymaige” come from?

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

ymaige (Middle French): image

Definitions

  1. image

Ancestry of “ymaige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimagesight; image; statue
2Latinimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
3Proto-Italicimācopy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imāgō →