ENGLISH ROOT WORD: image, imit "image", "copy" from Latin imago, imaginis, imitari

【image, imit】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "imago," "imaginis," and "imitari." It carries the basic meaning of "image," "copy," and "picture."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "image, imit"]

image ****[624] If you have an image of something or someone, you have a picture or idea of them in your mind.
imaginary ***[2987] An imaginary person, place, or thing exists only in your mind or in a story, and not in real life.
imagination ****[1788] the ability to think of new things
imagine ****[684] If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.
imitate ☆[4736] If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce.

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[WORD ROOT]root imit
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] imit, imag, image, imagine
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) imago, imaginis, imitari
[MEANING]root image, copy, picture

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 imago an image, a likeness, copy, imitation; statue, picture
• 【Latin】 imaginis [genitive of imago] image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
• 【Latin】 imitari to copy, imitate

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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image ★★★★[624] noun from image
【DEFINITION】 If you have an image of something or someone, you have a picture or idea of them in your mind.
【pl.】 images
【ROOTs】 image(imit); image, copy, picture
【Etymology】 《Latin imago》 an image, a likeness, copy, imitation; statue, picture
【First Known Meaning】 piece of statuary; artificial representation that looks like a person or thing
【DERIVATIVEs】 imageable, imageless, imager, imaginable, imaginably, imaginary, imagination, imaginative, imagine, imaginer, image

imaginary ★★★[2987] adjective from image
【DEFINITION】 An imaginary person, place, or thing exists only in your mind or in a story, and not in real life.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ imagin(imit); image, copy, picture ⑵ ary; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin imago》 an image, a likeness, copy, imitation; statue, picture
【DERIVATIVEs】 imaginable, imaginably, imaginarily, imaginariness, imaginary, imagination, imaginative, imagine, imaginer, image

imagination ★★★★[1788] noun from image
【DEFINITION】 ① the ability to imagine things that are not real; the ability to form a picture in your mind of something that you have not seen or experienced
② the ability to think of new things
③ something that only exists or happens in your mind
【pl.】 imaginations
【COMPOSITION】 imagine + ion
【ROOTs】 ⑴ imagin(imit); image, copy ⑵ ation(ion); noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin imago》 an image, a likeness, copy, imitation; statue, picture
【DERIVATIVEs】 imaginable, imaginably, imaginary, imagination, imaginational, imaginative, imaginatively, imaginativeness, imagine, imaginer, image

imagine ★★★★[684] verb from image
【DEFINITION】 If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 imagined, imagined, imagining, imagines
【SYNONYM】 suppose, assume, fantasy
【ROOTs】 imagine(imit); image, copy
【Etymology】 《Latin imago》 an image, a likeness, copy, imitation; statue, picture
【DERIVATIVEs】 imageable, imageless, imager, imaginable, imaginably, imaginarily, imaginariness, imaginary, imagination, imaginational, imaginative, imaginatively, imaginativeness, imagine, imaginer, image

imitate ☆[4736] verb from imitate 〈 image
【DEFINITION】 If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce.
【Declension/Conjugation】 imitated, imitated, imitating, imitates
【SYNONYM】 mimic, ape, copy
【ROOTs】 ⑴ imit; image, copy ⑵ ate; suffix
【First Known Meaning】 to copy, portray
【DERIVATIVEs】 imitability, imitable, imitableness, imitation, imitative, imitator, imitate

Other words containing "image, imit"; imaginable, imaginably, imaginarily, imaginariness, imaginational, imaginative, imaginatively, imaginativeness, imaginer, imitation, unimaginable

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

idem, identi
I, me
hypo
hus, house
humor, humid
hum
how
host-, hospit
hope
honor

 

 

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