English
animal pole
From animal (adjective) + pole (“extremity of an axis”).
A compound of animal + pole ‘extremity of an axis’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe’
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Latin animālis
Latin animal
Old French animal
Middle English animal ‘an animal’
English animal
Latin pālus ‘stake, pale, prop, stay’
Proto-West Germanic *pālu ‘pole, stake’
Proto-West Germanic *pāl
Old English pāl ‘a pole, stake, post’
Middle English pole ‘pole, stake, staff’
English pole
Today it means
noun The hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers and is composed of small cells that are in a state of rapid division.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / animal pole