anime

noun

a style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes

any of various resins or oleoresins

a hard copal derived from an African tree

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Where does anime come from?

The word anime breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root anim-, from Latin anima (“breath, soul”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.