Latin humus reflects the Indo-European earth root *dhghem-.
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humus
earth; soil
OPEN NODE 841 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European centum form · earth root*dhghem-
earth
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Earth and soil preserve the root meaning.
Humus is a sibling branch, not an ancestor of homō or human.
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Indo-European Root: dhghem-dhghem-: Latin humus from suffixed zero-grade formation
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the sibling earth reflex.
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