Where does “homme” come from?

homme (French) comes from Middle French homme, from Old French home, 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.

homme (French): man; man, Man

Definitions

  1. man; man, Man

Ancestry of “homme”, step by step

homme traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French homme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhommeman
2Old Frenchhomeman; vassal; manservant
3Latinhomōhuman, person, man
4Old Latinhemō—
5Proto-Italichemōman
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
8Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
9Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Frankish *Audamār

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*Audamār—
2Proto-Germanicmērazgreat; excellent; famous
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmērósgreat; considerable; sizable; impressive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmē-to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many

via Old French homme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhomme—
2Latinhomohuman, person, man
3LatinhemoSynonym of homō

Words derived from “homme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →