Where does “anima” come from?
anima (French) comes from French animer, from Latin animare, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.
anima (French): third-person singular past historic of animer
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of animer
Ancestry of “anima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | animer | to animate; To animate; to spur on |
| 2 | Latin | animare | present active infinitive of animō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 4 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |