Where does “inhumanely” come from?
inhumanely (English) comes from English inhumane, from English humane, from Middle English humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō.
inhumanely (English): In an inhumane manner
Definitions
- In an inhumane manner
Ancestry of “inhumanely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inhumane | lacking pity or compassion for misery and... |
| 2 | English | humane | Having or showing concern for the pain or... |
| 3 | Middle English | humain | Alternative form of humayne |
| 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 | — |