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Where does “aimos” come from?

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

aimos (Proto-Italic): imitation

Definitions

  1. imitation

Ancestry of “aimos”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aimos”

  • 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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