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Where does “unhumanly” come from?

unhumanly (English) comes from English humanly, 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.

unhumanly (English): In an unhuman manner

Definitions

  1. In an unhuman manner

Ancestry of “unhumanly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanlyIn a human manner
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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