Where does “humanitas” come from?

humanitas (Latin) comes from Latin hūmānus, 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.

humanitas (Latin): humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane...

Definitions

  1. humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane...

Ancestry of “humanitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhūmānushuman (of man, people)
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 “humanitas”

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