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Where does “dehumanise” come from?

dehumanise (English) comes from English humanise, 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.

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Ancestry of “dehumanise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumaniseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of...
2EnglishHuman—
3Middle Englishhumaynehuman
4Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
5Old Frenchhumain—
6Latinhūmānus—
7Latinhomō—
8Old Latinhemō—
9Proto-Italichemōman
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
13Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “dehumanise”

  • dehumanising
  • dehumanisingly
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