English

animash

Blend of animal + mash; compare mashup.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe’

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Latin animālis

Latin animal

Old French animal

Middle English animal ‘an animal’

Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ- ‘to mix’

Proto-Germanic *maiskaz ‘mixture, mash’

Old English mǣsċ

Middle English mash

English mash

The story

Blend of animal + mash; compare mashup. Possibly also influenced by animation.

noun A kind of fanvid made by assembling portions of commercially produced animated cartoons involving anthropomorphic animal characters.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.