Where does “animatronic” come from?
animatronic (English) comes from English animate, from Middle English animate, from Latin animātus, from Latin animō, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos — to breathe.
animatronic (English): Of a robot, etc, that works by animatronics
Definitions
- Of a robot, etc, that works by animatronics
Ancestry of “animatronic”, step by step
animatronic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English animate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | animate | That which lives; Possessing the quality or... |
| 2 | Middle English | animate | animate, alive; showing the signs or symptoms of life |
| 3 | Latin | animātus | filled with breath or air |
| 4 | Latin | animō | to fill with breath or air |
| 5 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 6 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |
via English electronic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electronic | Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons;... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ik | Alternative form of -y; Forms nouns denoting a... |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |