Where does “アニメーター” come from?

アニメーター (Japanese) comes from English animator, from Latin animator, from Latin animo, from Proto-Italic anamāō.

アニメーター (Japanese): an animator

Definitions

  1. an animator

Ancestry of “アニメーター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanimatorOne who animates something; one who brings...
2Latinanimatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
3LatinanimoI fill with breath or air; I animate, quicken; I...
4Proto-Italicanamāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic anamāō →Every word from Latin animo →Every word from Latin animator →