Where does “ホモ・エレクトゥス” come from?

ホモ・エレクトゥス (Japanese) comes from Translingual Homo erectus, 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.

ホモ・エレクトゥス (Japanese): Homo erectus

Definitions

  1. Homo erectus

Ancestry of “ホモ・エレクトゥス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualHomo erectusspecies
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →