Etymology of the English word human
the English word
humanderived from the Old French word
humainderived from the Latin word
humanus (human; kind; humane)
derived from the Classical Latin word
homo (man, human being, person)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*guman-Date
The earliest known usage of human in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
antihuman,
humanics,
humanize,
humanly,
humanoid,
infrahuman,
nonhuman,
panhuman,
prehuman,
preterhuman,
subhuman,
humint,
humaneCognates
Catalan
humá, Dutch
humaan, English
humane, French
humain, German
human, Italian
umano, Latin
humanus, Lithuanian
humaniškas, Norwegian
human, Spanish
humano, Swedish
humanUsage
Word found in Modern English
