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Where does “aimelos” come from?

aimelos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Italic aimos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

aimelos (Proto-Italic): striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...

Definitions

  1. striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...

Ancestry of “aimelos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicaimosimitation
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “aimelos”

  • emulate
  • emulation
  • emulous
  • emulative
  • emulously
  • emulatively
  • emulousness
  • emulatable
  • unemulous
  • Emil
  • emulateth
  • æmulate
  • æmulated
  • Aemilius
  • aemulationem
  • aemulor
  • aemulatrix
  • aemulans
  • aemulus
  • aemulaturus
  • aemulandus
  • obaemulor
  • obaemulans
  • obaemulaturus
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