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Where does “homaro” come from?

homaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto homo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

homaro (Esperanto): humanity, mankind

Definitions

  1. humanity, mankind

Ancestry of “homaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohomoa human being, person
2Latinhomō—
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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