English
humanely
Humanely comes from Middle French humain ‘human’, and goes back to Latin hūmānus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmānus‘human’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400umain‘human’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600humain‘human’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500humayne‘human’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500humanly
- Englishearliest quotation 2015humanely
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmānus‘human’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400umain‘human’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600humain‘human’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500humayne‘human’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500humanly
- Englishearliest quotation 2015humanely
Earliest quotation: 2015: “The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
through Latin hemō
through Latin homō ‘human’
homo, homage, hombre, ombre, omi, inhumane, homunculus, hominin, inhumanity, 10 more
through Latin hūmānus ‘human’
Today it means
adv In a humane manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hūmānus / humanely