Where does “subhumanize” come from?
subhumanize (English) comes from English subhuman, from English Human, from Middle English humayne, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō.
subhumanize (English): To make subhuman
Definitions
- To make subhuman
Ancestry of “subhumanize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subhuman | Less than human; lacking characteristics of a... |
| 2 | English | Human | The language supposedly spoken by humans |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 7 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 8 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |