Where does “animalhood” come from?
animalhood (English) comes from English animal, from French animal, from Italian animale, from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, from Latin animālis, from Latin anima, from Latin animus — to breathe.
animalhood (English): The state or period of being an animal
Definitions
- The state or period of being an animal
Ancestry of “animalhood”, step by step
animalhood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English animal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | animal | A multicellular organism that is usually mobile,... |
| 2 | French | animal | animal |
| 3 | Italian | animale | animal; beast |
| 4 | Spanish | animal | animal |
| 5 | Latin | animal | animal; living creature |
| 6 | Latin | animālis | animate, living |
| 7 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 8 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |
via English hood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hood | A covering for the head attached to a larger... |
| 2 | Middle English | hode | Alternative form of hoden; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | English | odd | Differing from what is usual, ordinary or... |
| 4 | Middle English | odde | inflection of od: ## weak singular ## strong/weak... |
| 5 | Old Norse | oddi | odd, third or additional number; triangle |
| 6 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |