- inanimate (adj.)
[inanimate 词源字典]
- early 15c., from Late Latin inanimatus "lifeless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + animatus (see animation). The same word in 17c. also was a verb meaning "to infuse with life," from the other in- (see in- (2)).[inanimate etymology, inanimate origin, 英语词源]