Where does “posthumanism” come from?
posthumanism (English) comes from English posthuman, 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.
posthumanism (English): Any of various schools of thought that oppose the...
Definitions
- Any of various schools of thought that oppose the...
Ancestry of “posthumanism”, step by step
posthumanism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English posthuman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | posthuman | Succeeding human beings as presently defined;... |
| 2 | English | Human | The language supposedly spoken by humans |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 7 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 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 | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via English humanism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanism | The study of the humanities or the liberal arts;... |
| 2 | German | Humanismus | humanism |