Etymology of the English word imagism
the English word
imagismderived from the English word
imagederived from the French word
imagederived from the Latin word
imago (likeness, image, appearance)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aim-using the English suffix
-ismderived from the French suffix
-ismderived from the Latin suffix
-ismusderived from the Greek suffix
-ismos, -ισμός
suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")
Derivations in other languages
Italian
imagismoUsage
Word found in Modern English
