Etymology

dehumanise

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English humanise ← Middle English humayne ← Middle French humain
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latinhūmānu
  8. Old Frenchumain
  9. Middle Frenchhumain
  10. Middle Englishhumayne
  11. Englishhuman
  12. Englishhumanise
  13. English todaydehumanise

From de- + humanise.

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