English
imagotype
Imagotype comes from Latin imago ‘image’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- ‘to imitate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eym-‘to imitate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimago‘image’
- Englishtodayimagotype
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eym-‘to imitate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimago‘image’
- Englishtodayimagotype
A compound of imago ‘image’ + type
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push’
Ancient Greek τύπτω ‘to strike’
Ancient Greek τύπος ‘mark’
Latin typus
Middle English type ‘symbol’
English type
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- ‘to imitate’
emulate, imitation, imitate, emulation, imagines, imitator, 5 more
through Latin imago ‘image’
Today it means
noun A symbol combined with a wordmark.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- / imagotype