Where does “animate” come from?
Animate comes from Old English animate, from Latin animatus, the past participle of Latin animare meaning to give life to, derived from Latin animus meaning soul or spirit, from Proto-Italic anamos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos.
animate (English): That which lives; Possessing the quality or...
Definitions
- That which lives; Possessing the quality or...
Ancestry of “animate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | animate | — |
| 2 | Latin | animātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | animō | — |
| 4 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 5 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |
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