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Where does “ホモサピエンス” come from?

ホモサピエンス (Japanese) comes from New Latin Homo sapiens — modern human.

ホモサピエンス (Japanese): Homo sapiens

Definitions

  1. Homo sapiens

Ancestry of “ホモサピエンス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinHomo sapiensmodern human
Every word from New Latin Homo sapiens →