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Where does “subhumanity” come from?

subhumanity (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.

subhumanity (English): The state or condition of being subhuman

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being subhuman

Ancestry of “subhumanity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanityMankind; human beings as a group; The human...
2Middle EnglishhumanyteThe condition or behaviour of humans; human...
3Old Frenchhumanitéhumanity; humankind
4Latinhumanitashumanity, human nature; humaneness, humane...
5Latinhūmānus—
6Latinhomō—
7Old Latinhemō—
8Proto-Italichemōman
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
11Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
12Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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