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Where does “unhumanize” come from?

unhumanize (English) comes from English humanize, 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.

unhumanize (English): To strip of humanity; to dehumanize

Definitions

  1. To strip of humanity; to dehumanize

Ancestry of “unhumanize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanizeTo make human; to give or cause to have the...
2EnglishHuman—
3Middle Englishhumaynehuman
4Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
5Old Frenchhumain—
6Latinhūmānus—
7Latinhomō—
8Old Latinhemō—
9Proto-Italichemōman
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
13Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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