Where does “animator” come from?

animator (Dutch) comes from English animator, from Latin animator, from Latin animo, from Proto-Italic anamāō.

animator (Dutch): animator

Definitions

  1. animator

Ancestry of “animator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanimatorOne who animates something; one who brings...
2Latinanimatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
3LatinanimoI fill with breath or air; I animate, quicken; I...
4Proto-Italicanamāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic anamāō →Every word from Latin animo →Every word from Latin animator →