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Where does “animatronically” come from?

animatronically (English) comes from English ally, from Middle English allie, from Middle English allien, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.

animatronically (English): By means of animatronics

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  1. By means of animatronics

Ancestry of “animatronically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallyTo unite, or form a connection between, as...
2Middle EnglishallieThe state of having marital or family relations...
3Middle EnglishallienTo ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry...
4Old Frenchalierto unite; to join together
5Latinalligō—
6LatinAd—
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnos—
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