Etymology

prehuman

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Today it means: Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Latinhūmānu
  10. Old Frenchumain
  11. Middle Frenchhumain
  12. Middle Englishhumayne
  13. Englishhuman
  14. English todayprehuman

From pre- + human.

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