Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eym-

‘to imitate’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-, most familiar first.

• image ← ymage ← imāgō
• imagine ← ymagynen ← imaginer ← imāginor ← imāginem
• imagination ← ymaginacioun ← imaginacion ← imāginātiō ← imāginor
• imaginary ← ymaginarie ← imāginārius ← imāgō
• imitation ← imitacioun ← imitacion ← imitacion ← imitatio
• emulate ← aemulātus ← aemulor ← aemulus ← *aimos
• imitate ← imitātus ← imitor ← *imā
• imagines ← imāgō
• emulation ← aemulātiō ← aemulor ← aemulus ← *aimos
• imago
• imitator ← imitateur ← imitor ← *imā
• emulatrix ← aemulātrīx ← aemulor ← aemulus ← *aimos

More words from *h₂eym-

• imitatrix
• imagology
• imaginism
• imagotype

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-