Etymology

nonhuman

N1O1N1H4U1M3A1N1

Today it means: Not human; not of the human race. Full definition →

English human ← Middle English humayne ← Middle French humain
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Latinhūmānu
  15. Old Frenchumain
  16. Middle Frenchhumain
  17. Middle Englishhumayne
  18. Englishhuman
  19. English todaynonhuman

From non- + human.

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