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Where does “inhumanly” come from?

Inhumanly comes from English inhuman, formed from Old English -līċ and Latin in- negating Latin in meaning "in," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne "not" and ḱóm "together."

inhumanly (English): In an inhuman manner

Definitions

  1. In an inhuman manner

Ancestry of “inhumanly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinhumanOf or pertaining to inhumanity and the...
2EnglishhumanOf or belonging to the species "Homo sapiens" or...
3Middle Englishhumaynehuman
4Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
5Old Frenchhumain—
6Latinhūmānus—
7Latinhomō—
8Old Latinhemō—
9Proto-Italichemōman
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
13Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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