Where does “Homo rudolfensis” come from?
Homo rudolfensis (Translingual) comes from Translingual Homo, 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, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
Homo rudolfensis (Translingual): species
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Ancestry of “Homo rudolfensis”, step by step
Homo rudolfensis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Homo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Homo | human; h; taxonomic genus within the family... |
| 2 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 3 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Translingual rudolfensis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | rudolfensis | Of or from Lake Rudolf |
| 2 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 3 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |