Where does “inanimate” come from?
inanimate (Latin) comes from Latin inanimatus, from Latin animātus, from Latin animō, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.
inanimate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of inanimātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of inanimātus
Ancestry of “inanimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inanimatus | inanimate |
| 2 | Latin | animātus | filled with breath or air |
| 3 | Latin | animō | to fill with breath or air |
| 4 | Latin | anima | soul, spirit, life; air, breeze; breath |
| 5 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |