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Where does “humanitário” come from?

humanitário (Portuguese) comes from French humanitaire, from French humanité, from Latin humanitas, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ.

humanitário (Portuguese): humanitarian

Definitions

  1. humanitarian

Ancestry of “humanitário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhumanitairehumanitarian
2Frenchhumanitéhumanity
3Latinhumanitashumanity, human nature; humaneness, humane...
4Latinhūmānus—
5Latinhomō—
6Old Latinhemō—
7Proto-Italichemōman
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
10Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
11Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “humanitário”

  • anti-humanitário
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