Etymology

ultrahuman

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Today it means: Having powers much greater than those of a normal human; superhuman Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Latinhūmānu
  6. Old Frenchumain
  7. Middle Frenchhumain
  8. Middle Englishhumayne
  9. Englishhuman
  10. English todayultrahuman

From ultra- + human.

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