English
Imogen
Imogen comes from Scottish Gaelic inghean ‘girl, maiden’, from Old Irish ingen ‘daughter’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *enigenā.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*enigenā‘daughter’root as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ
- Old Irishc. 600–900ingen‘daughter’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderninghean‘girl, maiden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Imogen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*enigenā‘daughter’root as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ
- Old Irishc. 600–900ingen‘daughter’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderninghean‘girl, maiden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Imogen
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Tragedie of Cymbeline: “Ile write to my lord ſhe's dead: O Imogen!…”
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *enigenā
Today it means
name A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *enigenā / Imogen