English
animastic
Animastic comes from Latin animus ‘life, life force, soul, vitality’, from Proto-Italic *anamos ‘breath’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁-‘to breathe’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁mos‘breath’reconstructednominal derivative of *h₂enh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anamos‘breath’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimus‘life, life force, soul, vitality’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimasticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1816animastic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁-‘to breathe’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁mos‘breath’reconstructednominal derivative of *h₂enh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anamos‘breath’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimus‘life, life force, soul, vitality’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimasticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1816animastic
Earliest quotation: 1816, Thomas Taylor, A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries,: “But we employ fables in an animastic mode, when…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe’
and, inhale, asthma, exhalation, prana, onde, 21 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos ‘breath’
through Proto-Italic *anamos ‘breath’
through Latin animus ‘life, life force, soul, vitality’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to or possessing an animate nonphysical nature; having a mental or spiritual nature.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- / animastic