Where does “homunculine” come from?
homunculine (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.
homunculine (English): Relating to, or characteristic of a homunculus
Definitions
- Relating to, or characteristic of a homunculus
Ancestry of “homunculine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homunculus | A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be... |
| 2 | Latin | homunculus | Diminutive of homō; a little or weak man,... |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |