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imagin- — Image or likeness

imagin- means image or likeness. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: imagination.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Image or likeness

• Latin: imāgō

Examples and word parts

imagination

The ability to form mental images or consider things that are not present.

Word parts: imagin- comes from imāgō, imāginis (image), through imāginārī (picture to oneself).

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Related memory & imagination terms

• mnem/o — Memory

  mnemonic

• memor- — Memory

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• phant- — Appearance or image

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• myth/o — Story or traditional account

  mythology

• fabul- — Story or tale

  fable

• creat- — Making or bringing forth

  creative

• poet- — Maker or poet

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