Where does “humanliness” come from?
humanliness (English) comes from English humanly, from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō.
humanliness (English): The quality of being human; humanity
Definitions
- The quality of being human; humanity
Ancestry of “humanliness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanly | In a human manner |
| 2 | English | Human | The language supposedly spoken by humans |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 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 | — |