Where does “semianimate” come from?
semianimate (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.
semianimate (English): Partly, but not truly or wholly, alive
Definitions
- Partly, but not truly or wholly, alive
Ancestry of “semianimate”, step by step
semianimate 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 |