Where does “homunculus” come from?
Homunculus comes from Latin homunculus, diminutive of homo meaning man, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm meaning earth or ground, with the diminutive suffix Latin -culus.
homunculus (English): A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be...
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- A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be...
Ancestry of “homunculus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | homunculus | Diminutive of homō; a little or weak man,... |
| 2 | Latin | homō | — |
| 3 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |