Where does “homo sapiens” come from?
homo sapiens (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 sapiens (Translingual): species
Definitions
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Ancestry of “homo sapiens”, step by step
homo sapiens 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 | — |