Where does “humanely” come from?
Humanely derives from English humane, Old English -līċ, Middle French humain, Latin homo meaning "man," and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
humanely (English): in a humane way
Ancestry of “humanely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | humanly | In a human manner |
| 2 | English | Human | — |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | homō | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |