Reanimate comes from re- ('again') + animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare ('to give life to'), from anima ('breath, soul'). The historical chain includes Latin animare and Latin anima. Older glosses in the chain include "again", "to give life to", and "breath, soul", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reanimate is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to restore to life or activity; to bring back into motion". English derivatives include reanimation and reanimator; related forms include animate, animation, and animus. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.