Where does “dehumanising” come from?
dehumanising (English) comes from English dehumanise, from English humanise, from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō.
dehumanising (English): present participle of dehumanise
Definitions
- present participle of dehumanise
Ancestry of “dehumanising”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dehumanise | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of... |
| 2 | English | humanise | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of... |
| 3 | English | Human | — |
| 4 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 5 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 6 | Old French | humain | — |
| 7 | Latin | hūmānus | — |
| 8 | Latin | homō | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
Words derived from “dehumanising”