Where does “humanize” come from?

Humanize derives from English human, from Middle French humain, from Latin homo, originally meaning "man" or "human being."

humanize (English): To make human; to give or cause to have the...

Definitions

  1. To make human; to give or cause to have the...

Ancestry of “humanize”, step by step

humanize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Human

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

via English humane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumaneHaving or showing concern for the pain or...
2Middle EnglishhumainAlternative form of humayne

Words derived from “humanize”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →