Etymology

homo sapien

Today it means: A member of the species Homo sapiens. Full definition →

taxonomic name Homo sapiens
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The story

  1. taxonomic name · borrowed fromHomo sapiens
  2. English todayHomo sapien

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

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