Where does “imaginário” come from?

imaginário (Portuguese) comes from Latin imāginārius, from Latin imāgō, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

imaginário (Portuguese): imaginary

Definitions

  1. imaginary

Ancestry of “imaginário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimāgināriusimage
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 →