Where does “humanity” come from?
Humanity comes from Middle English humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas, derived from homo meaning "human being," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.
humanity (English): Mankind; human beings as a group; The human...
Definitions
- Mankind; human beings as a group; The human...
Ancestry of “humanity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | humanyte | The condition or behaviour of humans; human... |
| 2 | Old French | humanité | humanity; humankind |
| 3 | Latin | humanitas | humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane... |
| 4 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 5 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 6 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
Words derived from “humanity”
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
- posthumanity
- subhumanity
- superhumanity
- nonhumanitarian
- nonhumanity
- antihumanitarian
- unhumanitarian
- humanitarianization
- whitemanity
- antihumanity
- humanitary
- suprahumanity
- unhumanity
- humanitarianize
- гуманитарий
- humanitäärinen
- humanitääri-
- humanitaarinen
- humanitarian corridor
- humanitarianist
- humanitarianly
- humanitarianness