Words that come from Latin humus

400 words across 37 languages descend from Latin humus — including human, humanity, humble, humor, humour, humility, humiliation, humanitarian.

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English (197)

Italian (41)

Latin (37)

Esperanto (19)

French (16)

Catalan (10)

Hungarian (10)

Ido (7)

Irish (7)

Middle French (4)

Old French (4)

Portuguese (4)

Scottish Gaelic (4)

Dutch (3)

Old Irish (3)

Romanian (3)

German (3)

Polish (2)

Galician (2)

Russian (2)

Greek (2)

Danish (2)

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Finnish (2)

Spanish (2)

Asturian (1)

Swedish (1)

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Maltese (1)

Georgian (1)

Japanese (1)

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Old Occitan (1)

Ladin (1)

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