Where does “homo” come from?

homo (Ido) 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.

homo (Ido): human, man

Definitions

  1. human, man

Ancestry of “homo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohomoa human being, person
2Latinhomōhuman, person, man
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “homo”

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