English
imitatress
From imitator + -ess.
Formed from imitator + -ess
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- ‘to imitate’
Proto-Italic *imā ‘copy’
Latin imitor ‘to imitate, act like, copy after, seek to…’
Latin imitātor
French imitateur
English imitator
Today it means
noun A female imitator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / imitatress