Where does “Hu” come from?

Hu (English) comes from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō.

Hu (English): of east Asian derivation

Definitions

  1. of east Asian derivation

Ancestry of “Hu”, step by step

Hu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Human

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHumanThe language supposedly spoken by humans
2Middle Englishhumaynehuman
3Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
4Old Frenchhumain
5Latinhūmānushuman (of man, people)
6Latinhomōhuman, person, man
7Old Latinhemō
8Proto-Italichemōman
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
11Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
12Proto-Indo-European-mi

via Arabic هو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicهوhe; it; copulative force
2Proto-Semitic*šuʔahe (masculine third-person singular personal pronoun)

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinesefiddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -miEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -ōmEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm
Hu — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer