Etymology

hombre

hom·bre
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Today it means: Man, chap, guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man. Full definition →

Spanish hombre ← Old Spanish omne ← Latin hominem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  4. Proto-Italic*hemō
  5. Latinhemō
  6. Latinhomō
  7. Latinhominem
  8. Old Spanishomne
  9. Spanishhombre
  10. English todayhombre

Borrowed from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”). Doublet of gome, homo, ombre, and omi.

Words from the same roots

Spanishhombre all →

ombre

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