Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin anima
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin animō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin animātiō

    From animō (“animate, give life to”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    animātiō f (genitive animātiōnis); third declension

    1. The act of animating or giving life to, animation.
    2. A living being, form of life.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative animātiō animātiōnēs
    genitive animātiōnis animātiōnum
    dative animātiōnī animātiōnibus
    accusative animātiōnem animātiōnēs
    ablative animātiōne animātiōnibus
    vocative animātiō animātiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

    • “animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “animatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animatio