Etymology of the English word subhuman
the English word
subhumanusing the English prefix
sub-derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upoderived from 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
