aim- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	aim-
DEFINITION:	Copy. Oldest form ₂eim-,* colored to ₂aim-.* 1. Suffixed full-grade form aim-olo-. emulate, emulous, from Latin aemulus,* emulous. 2. Zero-grade form im-. a. imitate; inimitable, from Latin imitre,* to imitate, from suffixed form im-eto-; b. image, imago, imagine, from Latin img,* image. (Not in Pokorny; compare Hittite imma-, ritual substitute.)


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