Animation
/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/noun
The process of making something lively or the art of creating moving images.
Did you know?Animation comes through Latin *animatio* from *anima*, meaning “breath,” “life,” or “soul,” so the word originally carried a deeply spiritual sense of enlivening matter.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂enh₁-
“to breathe”
Latin
Latin
anima
“breath, life, soul”
Latin
Latin
animatio
“a breathing into, giving life”
Late Middle English
English
animation
“the act of giving life or spirit; liveliness”
Modern English
English
animation
“the process of making something lively or creating moving images”
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