Where does “-anthrope” come from?

-anthrope (French) comes from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-anthrope (French): human

Definitions

  1. human

Ancestry of “-anthrope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἌνθρωποςhuman being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.)
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-anthrope”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος →