imagine的词源

英文词源

imagine (v.)

mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from Old French imaginer "sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish" (13c.), from Latin imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in Late Latin imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.

中文词源

imagine：想象，幻象

来自image,形象，印象，影像。引申词义想象，幻象等。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：imagine 词源，imagine 含义。

imagine：想像，设想，料想

来源于im-,基于此词源的拉丁语有名词imag.o(相似)、动词imaginari(想像)和动词imit.ari(复制)。

同源词：image, imitate