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...

Definitions

  1. A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be...

Ancestry of “homunculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinhomunculusDiminutive of homō; a little or weak man,...
2Latinhomōhuman, person, man
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “homunculus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →