humus
English
/ˈhjuːməs/
noun
Definitions
- A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin humus (soil, earth, ground).
Origin
Latin
humus
Gloss
soil, earth, ground
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
土, 地
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ferrohumic English
- humate English
- humic English
- humusy English
- isohumic English
- nitrohumic English
- humus Finnish
- humilis Latin
- humo Latin
- humus Latin
- umus Italian
- humus Dutch, Flemish
- anthume French
- гумус Russian
- trashumancia Spanish, Castilian
- trashumar Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European
- humo Portuguese
- transumância Portuguese
- humus Polish
- húmas Irish
- humus Czech
- humus Serbo-Croatian
- хумус Serbo-Croatian
- հումուս Armenian
- χούμος Greek (modern)
- хумус Bulgarian
- ჰუმუსი Georgian
- *homos Proto-Italic