humus
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈɦy.mʏs/
noun
Definitions
- humus soil organic matter
- (by extension) compost
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
- humus English
- humus Finnish
- humilis Latin
- humo Latin
- humus Latin
- umus Italian
- humeus Dutch, Flemish
- humusrijk Dutch, Flemish
- rijk Dutch, Flemish
- anthume French
- humeux 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