Where does “inhumanness” come from?
inhumanness (English) comes from English inhuman, 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.
inhumanness (English): Quality of being inhuman, cruel
Definitions
- Quality of being inhuman, cruel
Ancestry of “inhumanness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | inhuman | Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the... |
| 2 | English | human | Of or belonging to the species "Homo sapiens" or... |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | homō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |