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Where does “humayne” come from?

humayne (Middle English) comes from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.

humayne (Middle English): human

Definitions

  1. human

Ancestry of “humayne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhumainhuman; human being; human
2Old Frenchhumain—
3Latinhūmānus—
4Latinhomō—
5Old Latinhemō—
6Proto-Italichemōman
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
9Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
10Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “humayne”

  • human
  • humane
  • humankind
  • inhuman
  • humanism
  • superhuman
  • nonhuman
  • humanly
  • inhumane
  • humanely
  • humanoid
  • humanness
  • dehumanization
  • humanize
  • subhuman
  • inhumanly
  • humanization
  • posthuman
  • humanlike
  • humaneness
  • dehumanize
  • unhuman
  • prehuman
  • posthumanism
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