## Etymology
From Latin exanimatus, past participle of exanimare ('to deprive of breath or life'), from ex- ('out of') + anima ('breath, life, soul').

## AI Etymology
Exanimate comes from Latin exanimatus, past participle of exanimare ('to deprive of breath or life'), from ex- ('out of') + anima ('breath, life, soul'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: ex- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "lifeless or spiritless; deprived of animation", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as animate, animation, and reanimate, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin exanimatus, Latin anima, and Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by lifeless, spiritless, inanimate, and dispirited on one side and contrasts such as animate, lively, and spirited on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

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