Imagination etymology

English

English word imagination comes from Proto-Indo-European *aiem-, French image ((TV, film) frame. Picture, image.), Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-, Latin *im

Detailed word origin of imagination

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*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.

Words with the same origin as imagination

Descendants of *aiem-

image imagery imagine