Where does “animalness” come from?
animalness (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.
animalness (English): The quality of being animal; animality
Definitions
- The quality of being animal; animality
Ancestry of “animalness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |