English

humanflesh

From human + flesh.

A compound of human + flesh

Latin hūmānus ‘of man’

Old French humain

Middle French humain ‘human’

Middle English humaigne

English human

Proto-Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Proto-West Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Old English flǣsċ

Middle English flesh

English flesh

Today it means

noun Humans collectively.

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

Etymograph / humanflesh