Where does “surhumain” come from?
surhumain (French) comes from French humain, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ.
surhumain (French): superhuman
Definitions
- superhuman
Ancestry of “surhumain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | humain | human; humane |
| 2 | Middle French | humain | human; human being; human |
| 3 | Old French | humain | — |
| 4 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 5 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 6 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |