Where does “homme” come from?

homme (Old French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

Ancestry of “homme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhomohuman, person, man
2LatinhemoSynonym of homō
3Proto-Italichemōman
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
6Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
7Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “homme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →