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
- The state or condition of being subhuman
Ancestry of “subhumanity”, step by step
subhumanity 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 sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |