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Where does “dehumanizer” come from?

dehumanizer (English) comes from English dehumanize, from English humanize, from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō.

dehumanizer (English): One who, or that which, dehumanizes

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, dehumanizes

Ancestry of “dehumanizer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdehumanizeTo take away humanity; to remove or deny human...
2EnglishhumanizeTo make human; to give or cause to have the...
3EnglishHuman—
4Middle Englishhumaynehuman
5Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
6Old Frenchhumain—
7Latinhūmānus—
8Latinhomō—
9Old Latinhemō—
10Proto-Italichemōman
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
13Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
14Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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