Where does “animalivorousness” come from?
animalivorousness (English) comes from English animalivorous, from English animal, from French animal, from Italian animale, from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, from Latin animālis, from Latin anima — to breathe.
animalivorousness (English): The quality of being an animalivore
Definitions
- The quality of being an animalivore
Ancestry of “animalivorousness”, step by step
animalivorousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English animalivorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | animalivorous | That eats (other) animals |
| 2 | English | animal | A multicellular organism that is usually mobile,... |
| 3 | French | animal | animal |
| 4 | Italian | animale | animal; beast |
| 5 | Spanish | animal | animal |
| 6 | Latin | animal | animal; living creature |
| 7 | Latin | animālis | animate, living |
| 8 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 9 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |