English
imitable
Imitable comes from Latin imitābilis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimitābilis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimitable
- Englishearliest quotation 1616same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimitābilis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimitable
- Englishearliest quotation 1616same form
Earliest quotation: 1616, Walter Raleigh: “otherwise how were it possible, that the most base…”
Every English word from Latin imitābilis
Today it means
adj Capable of being imitated or copied.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin imitābilis / imitable