Where does “inhuman” come from?
Inhuman comes from Middle English in- (not) combined with Latin homo (man), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning negation and human being.
inhuman (English): Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the...
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- Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the...
Ancestry of “inhuman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | human | Of or belonging to the species "Homo sapiens" or... |
| 2 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 3 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 4 | Old French | humain | — |
| 5 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 6 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 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 | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |