Etymology

animality

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Today it means: The nature of an animal. Full definition →

French animalité ← Late Latin animālitās
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromanimālitās
  2. French · borrowed fromanimalité
  3. English todayanimality

From French animalité or its etymon Late Latin animālitās. By surface analysis, animal + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.