Where does “imaginario” come from?

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

imaginario (Spanish): imaginary

Definitions

  1. imaginary

Ancestry of “imaginario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimāgināriusimage
2Latinimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
3Proto-Italicimācopy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “imaginario”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imāgō →