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Human — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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human → humain
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern human continues Middle English humain with modern spelling.
- MEANING
- Human reference remains while noun and adjective uses develop.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword etymologyIndependently supplies the French and Latin route.
humain → hūmānus
Anglo-French → Latin · inheritance
- SOUND
- Anglo-French humain continues Latin hūmānus through Romance.
- MEANING
- The human adjective continues across the borrowing channel.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Old French humain from Latin hūmānusSupplies a parallel French label for the same Romance channel.
hūmānus → homō
Latin → Latin · derivation
- SOUND
- Latin hūmānus belongs to the Latin homō, human-being, family.
- MEANING
- A human adjective is formed from the human noun family.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Latin hūmānus; see dhghem-Places the adjective in the homō family.
humain → humain
Middle English → Old French · competing borrowing
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Middle English humain from Old French humainPublishes the alternate medieval French label.
humain → hūmānus
Old French → Latin · inheritance
- SOUND
- Old French humain continues Latin hūmānus through Romance.
- MEANING
- The human adjective continues.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Old French humain from Latin hūmānusPublishes the alternate French-to-Latin route.
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France and England
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Etymology: Old French humain · broadNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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