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
- To make human; to give or cause to have the...
Ancestry of “humanize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Human | — |
| 2 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 3 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 4 | Old French | humain | — |
| 5 | Latin | hūmānus | — |
| 6 | Latin | homō | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
Words derived from “humanize”