## AI Etymology
imitator comes from Latin imitator ('copier, imitator'), agent noun from imitari ('to imitate'). The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the noun sense is "one who copies the behavior or work of another", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as imitate, imitation, and imitative. Its semantic neighborhood includes copycat, mimic, emulator, and impersonator, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin imitator and Latin imitari.

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