homo sapiens · noun1
- Latin · derived fromhomō“human being”
- New Latin · learned borrowing fromhomō sapiēns
- English todayhomo sapiens
Learned borrowing from New Latin homō sapiēns, from Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).
homo sapiens · noun2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words from the same roots
Latinhomō all →
humanehomagehomophobiaombrehomiformhomininhominization
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.