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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0840attestedOld French

humain

TRANSLITERATION humain

human

DATE
Old French
SENSE
human adjective
FAMILY
Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:8:humain:attested:sense:human-adjective

American Heritage labels the medieval French channel Old French; retained beside Merriam-Webster’s Anglo-French label.

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DESCENDANTcompeting borrowingproposed
Middle English · Middle English · human adjective

humain

human

SOUND
American Heritage labels the immediate French source Old French, while Merriam-Webster labels it Anglo-French.
MEANING
The human adjective crosses through medieval French into English.
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American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
proposed — Dialect labels differ across the reviewed headword sources; both paths converge at Latin hūmānus.
Human — American Heritage DictionarysupportsEtymology: Middle English humain from Old French humain

Publishes the alternate medieval French label.

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human2 connected nodes
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STEP 02continuationestablished
Middle Englishhumain→Present-Day English · 15th century–todayhumanhuman being; relating to humankind
SOUND
Modern human continues Middle English humain with modern spelling.
MEANING
Human reference remains while noun and adjective uses develop.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 826 ↗
Human — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology and First Known Use ↗Human — American Heritage Dictionary · Headword etymology ↗

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