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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 271

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Was earthling an attested original word for human?

No. Earthling is a modern gloss for reconstructed *(dh)ghom-on-, not a surviving Proto-Indo-European inscription.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 271

human

/ˈhjuːmən/ · noun and adjective

A member of humankind or relating to people, borrowed through French from Latin hūmānus and the homō family.

01

DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

1 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
American Heritage marks the formation with an asterisk and derives Latin homō from it.
RESOLUTION NOTE

Every reconstructed node remains visibly starred and the trail ends at an explicit boundary.