Where does “uman” come from?
uman (Maltese) comes from Italian umano, 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.
uman (Maltese): human; human being; man
Definitions
- human; human being; man
Ancestry of “uman”, step by step
uman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian umano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | umano | human; humane, compassionate; human being |
| 2 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 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 | — |
via Sicilian umanu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | umanu | — |