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

Definitions

  1. in a humane way

Ancestry of “humanely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanlyIn a human manner
2EnglishHumanThe language supposedly spoken by humans
3Middle Englishhumaynehuman
4Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
5Old Frenchhumain—
6Latinhūmānushuman (of man, people)
7Latinhomōhuman, person, man
8Old Latinhemō—
9Proto-Italichemōman
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
13Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →