
English word imagination comes from Proto-Indo-European *aiem-, French image ((TV, film) frame. Picture, image.), Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-, Latin *im
*aiem- (Proto-Indo-European)
image (French)
(TV, film) frame. Picture, image.
*h₂eym- (Proto-Indo-European)
*im (Latin)
*imā (Proto-Italic)
A copy.
imaginem (Latin)
imaginor (Latin)
I imagine, conceive.
imaginatio (Latin)
Imagination.
imaginacion (Old French)
imagination (English)
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.