Where does “subhumanness” come from?
subhumanness (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.
subhumanness (English): subhumanity
Ancestry of “subhumanness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | subhuman | Less than human; lacking characteristics of a... |
| 2 | English | Human | — |
| 3 | Middle English | humayne | human |
| 4 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 5 | Old French | humain | — |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | homō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |