Etymology

homunculus

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Today it means: A small, artificially created human or human-like being. Full definition →

Latin homunculus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromhomunculus
  2. English todayhomunculus

Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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