Where does “protohominid” come from?
protohominid (English) comes from English hominid, from Translingual Hominidae, from Translingual Homo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.
protohominid (English): Any of several primitive animals that were...
Definitions
- Any of several primitive animals that were...
Ancestry of “protohominid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hominid | Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae.... |
| 2 | Translingual | Hominidae | family |
| 3 | Translingual | Homo | human; h; taxonomic genus within the family... |
| 4 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 5 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |