anthropomorphism

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄνθρωπος“man, human”
2. English todayanthropomorphism

Coined in the mid-1700s. From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) and μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -morphism.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from mid-18th c. The ascribing of human characteristics and behaviors to nonhuman entities.