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imagination

Today it means: The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. Full definition →

Middle English ymaginacioun ← Old French imaginacion ← Latin imāginātiō

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Latin · derived fromimāginātiō
Old French · derived fromimaginacion
Middle English · inherited fromymaginacioun
English todayimagination

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.