Where does “posthumanity” come from?
posthumanity (English) comes from English humanity, from Middle English humanyte, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō.
posthumanity (English): The quality or condition of being a posthuman;...
Definitions
- The quality or condition of being a posthuman;...
Ancestry of “posthumanity”, step by step
posthumanity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humanity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanity | Mankind; human beings as a group; The human... |
| 2 | Middle English | humanyte | The condition or behaviour of humans; human... |
| 3 | Old French | humanité | humanity; humankind |
| 4 | Latin | humanitas | humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane... |
| 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 | — |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |