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Where does “animalo” come from?

animalo (Esperanto) comes from Latin animal, from Latin animālis, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.

animalo (Esperanto): any member of the animal kingdom including humans

Definitions

  1. any member of the animal kingdom including humans

Ancestry of “animalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanimalanimal; living creature
2Latinanimālis—
3Latinanimasoul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath
4LatinanimusThat life-giving aspect which animates: life...
5Proto-Italicanamosbreath; spirit, soul, life force
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁mosbreath
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁-to breathe

Words derived from “animalo”

  • animala
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