English
Humansdorp
From Human + -s- + dorp, named after Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human.
Formed from Human + -s- + dorp
Latin hūmānus ‘of man’
Old French humain
Middle French humain ‘human’
Middle English humaigne
English Human
Proto-Indo-European *trab-
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Proto-West Germanic *þorp ‘village, rural settlement’
Old Dutch thorp ‘village’
Middle Dutch dorp ‘village, small settlement’
Dutch dorp ‘village, small settlement’
English dorp
The story
From Human + -s- + dorp, named after Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human.
Today it means
name A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Humansdorp