Where does “inimaginável” come from?
inimaginável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese imaginável, from Portuguese imaginar, from Latin imaginari, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
inimaginável (Portuguese): unimaginable; unthinkable unable to be imagined
Definitions
- unimaginable; unthinkable unable to be imagined
Ancestry of “inimaginável”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | imaginável | imaginable |
| 2 | Portuguese | imaginar | to imagine |
| 3 | Latin | imaginari | present active infinitive of imāginor |
| 4 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |