Where does “humanista” come from?
humanista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese humano, from Old Portuguese humano, from Latin humanus, from Latin homo, from Latin hemo, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.
humanista (Portuguese): humanist
Definitions
- humanist
Ancestry of “humanista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | humano | human; humane; a human being |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | humano | — |
| 3 | Latin | humanus | human; humane; cultured, refined |
| 4 | Latin | homo | human, person, man |
| 5 | Latin | hemo | Synonym of homō |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |