Where does “animal garou” come from?
animal garou (French) comes from French animal, from Italian animale, from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, from Latin animālis, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos — to breathe.
Ancestry of “animal garou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | animal | animal |
| 2 | Italian | animale | animal; beast |
| 3 | Spanish | animal | animal |
| 4 | Latin | animal | animal; living creature |
| 5 | Latin | animālis | animate, living |
| 6 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 7 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |