Etymology of the English word humic
the English word
humicderived from the English word
humusderived from the Latin word
humus (ground, soil, earth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-using the Latin suffix
-icDate
The earliest known usage of humic in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
umicoUsage
Word found in Modern English
