Contionary:homine

Intralingua

Swadesh

Swadesh number 38, preceded by viro, followed by infante

Etymology

Latin homō, hominem., from earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence Latin humus.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈho.mi.ne/

Noun

homine m

1. person, human being, homo sapien
   • the masculine gender of this noun does not mean that the person must be male. That word is viro.

Inflection

plural homines