Where does “animala” come from?
animala (Ido) comes from Ido animalo, from English animal, from French animal, from Italian animale, from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, from Latin animālis, from Latin anima — to breathe.
animala (Ido): animal
Ancestry of “animala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | animalo | animal, any organism that moves |
| 2 | English | animal | A multicellular organism that is usually mobile,... |
| 3 | French | animal | animal |
| 4 | Italian | animale | animal; beast |
| 5 | Spanish | animal | animal |
| 6 | Latin | animal | animal; living creature |
| 7 | Latin | animālis | — |
| 8 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 9 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |