homo
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a human being, a man (in the sense of human being), a human, a person
- sir, fellow
- (Medieval Latin) a husband
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *hemō (man) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ, *ǵʰm̥mṓ (earthling).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰmṓ, *ǵʰm̥mṓ
Gloss
earthling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- homiform English
- hominin English
- humus English
- humus Finnish
- Homo sapiens sapiens Latin
- hemo Latin
- hominaticum Latin
- hominem Latin
- hominis Latin
- homo, homō, hominem Latin
- homō Latin
- homō, hominem Latin
- humilis Latin
- humo Latin
- humus Latin
- umus Italian
- humus Dutch, Flemish
- anthume French
- гумус Russian
- Gómez Spanish, Castilian
- trashumancia Spanish, Castilian
- trashumar Spanish, Castilian
- κολεός Ancient Greek
- *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰmṓ, *ǵʰm̥mṓ Proto-Indo-European
- humo Portuguese
- transumância Portuguese
- *gumô Proto-Germanic
- humus Polish
- brydguma Old English
- dryhtguma Old English
- guma Old English
- gumcynn Old English
- gom Middle English
- gome Middle English
- gome, gōme Middle English
- gomme Middle English
- gone Middle English
- goom Middle English
- goome Middle English
- gume Middle English
- húmas Irish
- homo Czech
- humus Czech
- homage Old French
- home Old French
- humus Serbo-Croatian
- хумус Serbo-Croatian
- հումուս Armenian
- χούμος Greek (modern)
- Hominini Translingual
- coleohominis Translingual
- cilvēce Latvian
- cilvēcisks Latvian
- cilvēciskums Latvian
- cilvēcība Latvian
- cilvēcīgs Latvian
- cilvēcīgums Latvian
- cilvēks Latvian
- houme Norman
- хумус Bulgarian
- homme Middle French
- 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽 Gothic
- ჰუმუსი Georgian
- ome Occitan
- òm Occitan
- *hemō Proto-Italic
- *homos Proto-Italic
- ome Old Occitan
- человѣкъ Old East Slavic
- omu Sicilian
- houme Bourguignon
- omu Corsican
- hemo, hemo#Latin Old Latin
- hemō Old Latin
- ombre Aragonese
- onme Picard