Etymograph

English

Homo superior

Homo superior comes from Latin homo superior.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomo superiorliterally ‘superior human’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1935Homo superior

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomo superiorliterally ‘superior human’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1935Homo superior

Earliest quotation: 1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John: “If this was the way of Homo superior, I…”

The story

From Latin homo superior (literally “superior human”), modeled after New Latin Homo sapiens (literally “wise human”). Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935).

Every English word from Latin homo superior

Today it means

name A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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