Where does “wereanimal” come from?
wereanimal (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.
wereanimal (English): A shapeshifter that can change between human and...
Definitions
- A shapeshifter that can change between human and...
Ancestry of “wereanimal”, step by step
wereanimal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English animal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | animate, living |
| 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 |
via English were
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | were | second-person singular simple past indicative of... |
| 2 | English | werewolf | A person who is transformed or can transform into... |
| 3 | Middle English | werwolf | — |
| 4 | Old English | werewulf | werewolf |
| 5 | Old English | wer | man; husband; hero, warrior |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wer | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |