Where does “desanimar” come from?
desanimar (Catalan) comes from Catalan animar, from Latin animō, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.
desanimar (Catalan): to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit
Definitions
- to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit
Ancestry of “desanimar”, step by step
desanimar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan animar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | animar | to animate |
| 2 | Latin | animō | to fill with breath or air |
| 3 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 4 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |