Where does “Animierdame” come from?

Animierdame (German) comes from German Dame, from Italian dama, from Polish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Animierdame (German): hostess, B-girl woman employed to encourage customers to buy drinks

Definitions

  1. hostess, B-girl woman employed to encourage customers to buy drinks

Ancestry of “Animierdame”, step by step

Animierdame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Dame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDamelady; lady; madam; queen
2Italiandamalady; draughts / checkers; king
3Polishdamalady; queen
4FrenchdameA lady; A polite form of address for a woman;...
5Old Frenchdamelady; woman
6Late Latindomnalady, mistress
7Latindominalady or mistress of the house
8LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
9Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
10Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
11Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
12Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via German animieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germananimierento encourage, incite
2Frenchanimerto animate; To animate; to spur on
3Latinanimarepresent active infinitive of animō; second-person...
4Latinanimasoul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath
5LatinanimusThat life-giving aspect which animates: life...
6Proto-Italicanamosbreath; spirit, soul, life force
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁mosbreath
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁-to breathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-
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