Where does “inhumane” come from?
inhumane (Latin) comes from Latin inhumanus, from Latin humanus, from Latin homo, from Latin hemo, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
inhumane (Latin): vocative masculine singular of inhūmānus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of inhūmānus
Ancestry of “inhumane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inhumanus | inhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly,... |
| 2 | Latin | humanus | human; humane; cultured, refined |
| 3 | Latin | homo | human, person, man |
| 4 | Latin | hemo | Synonym of homō |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |