Where does “dehumanize” come from?
Dehumanize comes from English human with the prefix de-, which derives from Middle French humain, from Latin homo meaning "man" or "human being."
dehumanize (English): To take away humanity; to remove or deny human...
Definitions
- To take away humanity; to remove or deny human...
Ancestry of “dehumanize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanize | To make human; to give or cause to have the... |
| 2 | English | Human | The language supposedly spoken by humans |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 7 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 8 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |