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Humus — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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Are humus, soil, and hummus, chickpea paste, the same word?
No. American Heritage separates Latin humus, soil, from the Arabic and possibly Aramaic food word hummus.
Humus 1 versus humus 2 / hummus entriesSeparates the Latin soil noun from the Semitic food word.
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humus → humus
Present-Day English → New Latin · borrowing
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- English adopts New Latin humus without material spelling change and with English pronunciation.
- MEANING
- The broad earth word specializes as the organic portion of soil.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
Humus 1 definition and Latin etymologyConfirms the soil sense and Latin family.
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Latin-speaking world
Publishes the Latin form and earth sense.
Humus 1: Latin, soil · broadNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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