English word imagination comes from Proto-Indo-European *aiem-, French image ((TV, film) frame. Picture, image.), Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-, Latin *im
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*aiem- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
image | French (fr) | (TV, film) frame. Picture, image. |
*h₂eym- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*im | Latin (lat) | |
*imā | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | A copy. |
imaginem | Latin (lat) | |
imaginor | Latin (lat) | I imagine, conceive. |
imaginatio | Latin (lat) | Imagination. |
imaginacion | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
imagination | English (en) | A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.. Creativity; resourcefulness.. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. |