English
homiform
Homiform comes from Latin homo ‘man’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomo‘man’
- Englishearliest quotation 1883homiform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomo‘man’
- Englishearliest quotation 1883homiform
Earliest quotation: 1883, George Thomas May: “In the homiform frame embruted, to the classes of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
through Proto-Italic *hemō ‘man’
inhumane, humanely, inhumanity, 5 more
through Latin hemō
humanity, humane, inhuman, humanoid, homophobia, hombre, 8 more
through Latin homo ‘man’
human, homage, homo, ombre, omi, homunculus, hominin, 13 more
Today it means
adj In human form.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ / homiform