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inanimate (adj.)
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)).