Where does “sapiens” come from?
sapiens (English) comes from Translingual homo sapiens, from Translingual Homo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
sapiens (English): A human being
Ancestry of “sapiens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | homo sapiens | — |
| 2 | Translingual | Homo | human; h; taxonomic genus within the family... |
| 3 | Latin | homō | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |