Etymology

disanimate

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Today it means: To deprive of life. Full definition →

English animate ← Middle English animat(e) ← Latin animātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
  12. Proto-Italic*anamos
  13. Latinanimus
  14. Latinanima
  15. Latinanimō
  16. Latinanimātus
  17. Middle Englishanimat(e)
  18. Englishanimate
  19. English todaydisanimate

From dis- + animate.

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