homo.
man, human being, person, fellow; [novus homo => nouveau riche];
Meaning & usage
human, person, man
Homō hominī lupus est (proverb).
Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.
male human being, man
term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, pal, bud, partner, dude
term of address to a man by a woman, used in the vocative expression mi homō
husband
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homō From earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence Latin humus. Cognates include Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“man”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Old English guma (“man”) (whence English gome). See also nēmō (“no one”), from *ne hemō. Ancient attempts at etymologizing this word The etymological connection between this word and humus (“earth”) was noticed in antiquity, as it is mentioned by Quintilian, though he erroneously rejects this theory: * c. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria 1.6.34: Etiamne ‘hominem’ appellari quia sit humo natus (quasi vero non omnibus animalibus eadem origo, aut illi primi mortales ante nomen imposuerint terrae quam sibi) 2001 translation by Donald Russell Or that man is called homo because he is born of the earth, humus, as though all living things did not have that same origin, or the first mortals gave a name to the earth before they gave one to themselves? :::: (The broader context of this quote is that he discussing etymologies he considers "hideous absurdities" ("foedissima ... ludibria".)
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