Where does “humanitarian corridor” come from?
humanitarian corridor (English) comes from English humanitarian, from English humanity, from Middle English humanyte, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō.
humanitarian corridor (English): A type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid into, and/or refugees out of, a crisis-hit region
Definitions
- A type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid into, and/or refugees out of, a crisis-hit region
Ancestry of “humanitarian corridor”, step by step
humanitarian corridor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humanitarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanitarian | Concerned with people's welfare, and the... |
| 2 | English | humanity | Mankind; human beings as a group; The human... |
| 3 | Middle English | humanyte | The condition or behaviour of humans; human... |
| 4 | Old French | humanité | humanity; humankind |
| 5 | Latin | humanitas | humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane... |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 7 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 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 | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via English corridor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corridor | A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off... |
| 2 | French | corridor | passage, corridor |
| 3 | Italian | corridore | running; racing; runner |
| 4 | Italian | correre | to run; to hurry, rush |
| 5 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |