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Where does “homuncular” come from?

homuncular (English) comes from English homunculus, from Latin homunculus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.

homuncular (English): Of or pertaining to a homunculus

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a homunculus

Ancestry of “homuncular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomunculusA miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be...
2LatinhomunculusDiminutive of homō; a little or weak man,...
3Latinhomō—
4Old Latinhemō—
5Proto-Italichemōman
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
8Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
9Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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