homem
Portuguese
/ˈɔ.mẽj̃/, /ˈõ.mẽj̃/
noun
Definitions
- male human of masculine gender
- (specifically) man adult male human
- a person; a human being
- (uncountable) mankind the human race in its entirety
- (vocative)
- (colloquial) male lover.
- (in compounds) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese omẽe inherited from Latin hominem 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
- hombre English
- human English
- hemo Latin
- homicida Latin
- homicidium Latin
- hominem Latin
- homo Latin
- homullus Latin
- homunculus Latin
- homō Latin
- homō, hominem Latin
- semihomo Latin
- mannaro Italian
- ominazione Italian
- uomo Italian
- hombre French
- gentilhombre Spanish, Castilian
- hombrazo Spanish, Castilian
- hombre Spanish, Castilian
- hombre lobo Spanish, Castilian
- hombrecillo Spanish, Castilian
- hombrecito Spanish, Castilian
- hombruna Spanish, Castilian
- hombrón Spanish, Castilian
- matahombres Spanish, Castilian
- superhombre Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰǵʰm̥mō Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰmṓ, *ǵʰm̥mṓ Proto-Indo-European
- anti-homem Portuguese
- homem-sereia Portuguese
- sereia Portuguese
- hom Old French
- home Old French
- ome Old French
- afiŝhomo Esperanto
- homama Esperanto
- homamaso Esperanto
- homamo Esperanto
- homarano Esperanto
- homaro Esperanto
- homaĵo Esperanto
- homaŭtomato Esperanto
- homeca Esperanto
- homedo Esperanto
- homido Esperanto
- homino Esperanto
- homlupo Esperanto
- hommalama Esperanto
- hommortigo Esperanto
- homo Esperanto
- kavernhomo Esperanto
- neĝhomo Esperanto
- superhoma Esperanto
- ŝafhomo Esperanto
- neom Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- om Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- omenesc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- omenos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- omuleț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- homo Ido
- omẽe Old Portuguese
- om Aromanian
- *hemō Proto-Italic
- um Romansh
- om Friulian
- omp Friulian
- om Old Occitan
- ome Old Occitan
- omne Old Occitan
- omne Old Spanish
- omo Venetian
- homber Papiamentu
- hòmber Papiamentu
- ommo Ligurian
- òmmo Ligurian
- jomno Dalmatian
- ómi Kabuverdianu
- òmine Sardinian
- ommo Neapolitan
- omo Istriot
- hemo, hemo#Latin Old Latin
- hemō Old Latin
- omi Guinea-Bissau Creole
- homo Franco-Provençal
- òmen Emilian
- hom Old Catalan
- omme Mayo
- homm Indo-Portuguese