Etymology

hominin

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Today it means: Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives. Full definition →

First used 20th c.translingual Hominini ← Latin homo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhomo“man”
  2. translingual · derived fromHominini
  3. English todayhominin

From translingual Hominini, from the stem of Latin homo (“man”). Compare hominid.

Words from the same roots

Latinhomo all →

humanehomagehomophobiaombrehomiformhominizationhomo sapiens

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.