Where does “animator” come from?
animator (Romanian) comes from French animateur, from French animer, from Latin animare, from Latin anima, from Latin animus, from Proto-Italic anamos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.
animator (Romanian): animative, invigorating, vitalizing; animator;...
Definitions
- animative, invigorating, vitalizing; animator;...
Ancestry of “animator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | animateur | presenter; leader; group leader |
| 2 | French | animer | to animate; To animate; to spur on |
| 3 | Latin | animare | present active infinitive of animō; second-person... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “animator”