homo

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Latin word homo comes from Proto-Indo-European - -mō, and later Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (Earthling.)

- -mō (Proto-Indo-European)

*ǵʰmṓ (Proto-Indo-European)

Earthling.

*hemō (Proto-Italic)

Man.

hemo (Latin)

homo (Latin)

A human being, a man (in the sense of human being), a person. Sir.

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