Where does “animate” come from?

animate (Latin) comes from Latin animo, from Proto-Italic anamāō.

animate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “animate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinanimoI fill with breath or air; I animate, quicken; I...
2Proto-Italicanamāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic anamāō →Every word from Latin animo →