anə-

To breathe. Oldest form *ə₂enə₁-, colored to *ə₂anə₁-. Suffixed form *anə-mo-.

a. anima, animadvert, animal, animate, animato, animism, animosity, animus; equanimity, longanimity, magnanimous, pusillanimous, unanimous, from Latin animus, reason, mind, spirit, and anima, soul, spirit, life, breath;

b. anemo-, anemone, from Greek anemos, wind.

 

[Pokorny 3. an(ə)- 38.]

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