English
imaginable
Imaginable comes from Latin imāginābilis ‘conceivable, imaginable’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimāginābilis‘conceivable, imaginable’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ymaginable
- Englishearliest quotation 2002imaginable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimāginābilis‘conceivable, imaginable’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ymaginable
- Englishearliest quotation 2002imaginable
Earliest quotation: 2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea: “While running, they were exposed to the most hideous…”
Formed from imagine + -able
Latin imāgō ‘a copy, likeness’
Latin imāginor ‘to imagine’
Middle French imaginer
Middle English ymagynen ‘to imagine’
English imagine
Every English word from Latin imāginābilis
Today it means
adj Able to be imagined; conceivable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin imāginābilis / imaginable