English
homo
Clipping of homosexual.
Another origin of homo
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeǵʰ-uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéǵʰōm‘earth’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomō̆‘a human being, man, person’
- Englishtodayhomo
Today it means
noun Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / homo