ânimo
Portuguese
/ˈɐ.ni.mu/
noun
Definitions
- spirit; disposition; essence; nature; temperament
- motivation; will willingness to do something
- (Jungian psychology) (alternative form of) animus
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animus (soul, will, mind, courage, intellect, thoughts, spirit, ideas, breath, etc, life, life force) derived from Proto-Italic *anamos (soul, spirit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (breath), *h₂enh₁- (breathe, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enh₁-
Gloss
breathe, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- animus English
- unanimous English
- advertō Latin
- aequanimis Latin
- aequanimus Latin
- anima Latin
- animadverto Latin
- animal Latin
- animatus Latin
- animosus Latin
- animum Latin
- animus Latin
- longanimem Latin
- longanimis Latin
- pusillanimis Latin
- unanimis Latin
- unanimus Latin
- animo Italian
- ánimo Spanish, Castilian
- ἄνεμος Ancient Greek
- ἆσθμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- animus Portuguese
- desânimo Portuguese
- *anadô Proto-Germanic
- *anadōną Proto-Germanic
- *anþijaną Proto-Germanic
- अन Sanskrit
- अन् Sanskrit
- अल्पप्राण Sanskrit
- प्राण Sanskrit
- महाप्राण Sanskrit
- ànim Catalan, Valencian
- جان Persian
- հողմ Old Armenian
- ainim Old Irish
- anál Old Irish
- *ana-ti̯o- Proto-Celtic
- *anaman Proto-Celtic
- *anatlā Proto-Celtic
- *wyaHnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *anamos Proto-Italic
- *aidn(i)- Proto-Albanian
- *anj Proto-Albanian
- *antā Proto-Albanian
- *wi- Proto-Iranian
- anāsk- Tocharian B
- añiye Tocharian B
- *ánemos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌𐌞𐌌 Oscan