Where does “inhumane” come from?
Inhumane derives from English human, prefixed with Latin in- (not), ultimately from Latin homo (man, human being) and the negative particle Proto-Indo-European ne combined with the root oyd- (meaning one's own).
inhumane (English): lacking pity or compassion for misery and...
Definitions
- lacking pity or compassion for misery and...
Ancestry of “inhumane”, step by step
inhumane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humane | Having or showing concern for the pain or... |
| 2 | Middle English | humain | Alternative form of humayne |
| 3 | Old French | humain | — |
| 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 | — |
via Latin inhūmānus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inhūmānus | inhuman |