Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. · A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file. · A mental picture of something not real or not present. · A statue or idol.
From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.
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This page abbreviates 7 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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