Where does “human settlement” come from?
human settlement (English) comes from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō.
human settlement (English): A place where people establish a community and live, often characterized by the presence of housing, infrastructure, and social organization
Definitions
- A place where people establish a community and live, often characterized by the presence of housing, infrastructure, and social organization
Ancestry of “human settlement”, step by step
human settlement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Human
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Human | The language supposedly spoken by humans |
| 2 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 3 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 4 | Old French | humain | — |
| 5 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 6 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 7 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via English settlement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | settlement | The act of settling; The state of being settled;... |
| 2 | English | -ment | Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ment | Forms nouns denoting a result or action from... |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |