Where does “Homo sapiens” come from?

Homo sapiens (Translingual) 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.

Homo sapiens (Translingual): the human species

Definitions

  1. the human species

Ancestry of “Homo sapiens”, step by step

Homo sapiens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin homo

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—

via Latin sapiens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsapiensdiscerning, wise, judicious; discreet; a wise...
2LatinsapioI taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour...
3Proto-Italicsapiōtaste; discern, can tell apart, know
4Proto-Indo-Europeansh₁p-i-to notice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansep-to taste, to try out

Words derived from “Homo sapiens”

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